bele

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bele"

Basque

Etymology

932; from Proto-Basque *beLe, from *bel- (“black, dark”) (compare beltz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bele/ [be.le]

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• Rhymes: -ele, -e
• Hyphenation: be‧le

Noun

bele anim

1. crow

Declension

Declension of bele (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	bele	belea	beleak
ergative	belek	beleak	beleek
dative	beleri	beleari	beleei
genitive	beleren	belearen	beleen
comitative	belerekin	belearekin	beleekin
causative	belerengatik	belearengatik	beleengatik
benefactive	belerentzat	belearentzat	beleentzat
instrumental	belez	beleaz	beleez
inessive	belerengan	belearengan	beleengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	belerengana	belearengana	beleengana
terminative	belerenganaino	belearenganaino	beleenganaino
directive	belerenganantz	belearenganantz	beleenganantz
destinative	belerenganako	belearenganako	beleenganako
ablative	belerengandik	belearengandik	beleengandik
partitive	belerik	—	—
prolative	beletzat	—	—

Further reading

• “bele”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “bele”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Esperanto

Etymology

From bela (“beautiful”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

bele

1. beautifully

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛlɛ]

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• Hyphenation: be‧le
• Rhymes: -lɛ

Etymology 1

Lexicalization of the noun bel (a variant of bél) + -e.

Alternative forms

• belé, beléje (folksy)

Pronoun

bele

1. in/into him/her/it

   Tegyél még bele egy kis cukrot. ― Add more sugar to it.

   Szerelmes bele. ― He is in love with her.

   Ez majd bátorságot önt bele. ― This will instill courage into him.

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with bele-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see bele-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Declension

Inflection of bele

	singular	plural
1st	belém / énbelém	belénk / mibelénk
2nd	beléd / tebeléd	belétek / tibelétek
3rd	belé / őbelé bele / őbele beléje / őbeléje	beléjük / őbeléjük

Related terms

• -ban / -ben
• -ba / -be
• be → be-
• bel-
• bele (belé, beléje)
• -beli (-béli)
• beljebb (bellebb)
• bellebbez (beljebbez)
• belőle
• belső (benső)
• belül (belől, bévül)
• benne
• bennünket,  -eteket
• bent (benn)
• bél (and archaic bel)
• -ból / -ből

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian pronouns

Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)

case	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)1	verbal prefix	category
nominative	–	ki	mi	ez	az	ő* / -∅ az / -∅	–	–
accusative	-t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt	kit	mit	ezt	azt	őt* / -∅ azt / -∅	–	c1 c2
dative	-nak / -nek	kinek	minek	ennek	annak	neki	neki-	category
instrumental	-val / -vel	kivel	mivel	ezzel/ evvel	azzal/ avval	vele		category
causal-final	-ért	kiért	miért	ezért	azért	érte	–	category
translative	-vá / -vé	kivé	mivé	ezzé	azzá	–	–	category
terminative	-ig	–	meddig	eddig	addig	–	–	category
essive-formal	-ként	(kiként)	(miként)	ekként	akként	–	–	category
essive-modal	-ul / -ül	–	–	–	–	–	–	category
inessive	-ban / -ben	kiben	miben	ebben	abban	benne	–	category
superessive	-n/-on/-en/-ön	kin	min	ezen	azon	rajta	(rajta-)	category
adessive	-nál / -nél	kinél	minél	ennél	annál	nála	–	category
illative	-ba / -be	kibe	mibe	ebbe	abba	bele	bele-	category
sublative	-ra / -re	kire	mire	erre	arra	rá	rá-	category
allative	-hoz/-hez/-höz	kihez	mihez	ehhez	ahhoz	hozzá	hozzá-	category
elative	-ból / -ből	kiből	miből	ebből	abból	belőle	–	category
delative	-ról / -ről	kiről	miről	erről	arról	róla	–	category
ablative	-tól / -től	kitől	mitől	ettől	attól	tőle	–	category

¹Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

Etymology 2

bél (“intestines”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Noun

bele

2. third-person singular single-possession possessive of bél

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bele	—
accusative	belét	—
dative	belének	—
instrumental	belével	—
causal-final	beléért	—
translative	belévé	—
terminative	beléig	—
essive-formal	beleként	—
essive-modal	beléül	—
inessive	belében	—
superessive	belén	—
adessive	belénél	—
illative	belébe	—
sublative	belére	—
allative	beléhez	—
elative	beléből	—
delative	beléről	—
ablative	belétől	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	beléé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	belééi	—

Further reading

• bele in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bele in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Isthmus Zapotec

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbèlːè]

Noun

bele

1. Alternative form of beḻe

Lindu

Noun

bele

1. can
2. a kind of kerosene lamp

Middle English

Adjective

bele

1. Alternative form of bel

Old French

Alternative forms

• belle

Adjective

bele

1. feminine nominative/oblique singular of biau

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lɛ/

Particle

bele

1. (Kielce) Alternative form of byle

Further reading

• Jan Łoś (1886) “belejaki”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 182

Sahu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.le/

Noun

bele

1. banana

   Synonym: koi

2. plantain

References

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Salar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oghuz *beyle. Cognate with Azerbaijani belə, Gagauz bölä, Turkish böyle, Turkmen beýle.

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /pele/

Adverb

bele

1. since

   Puldırdan bele a(niği) abası heli yarağur cañnamış.

   His father has earned a lot of money since last year.

2. here, this way

   Bele gel!

   Come here!

Derived terms

• beligi (“like this”)

Related terms

• ele (“there, that way”)
• ele-bele

References

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “bele”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 51
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “bele”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 442, 443
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “bele”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 39
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “bele”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 66

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

bele

1. inflection of beo:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

bele (Cyrillic spelling беле)

1. third-person plural present of beleti

Verb

bele (Cyrillic spelling беле)

1. third-person plural present of beliti

Tetum

Etymology

Akin to Malay boleh.

Verb

bele

1. can, to be able

Tumbuka

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

Noun

bele class 5 (plural mabele class 6)

1. breast

Turkish

Noun

bele

1. dative singular of bel

Volapük

Noun

bele

1. dative singular of bel

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *belau̯ū. Further origin unsettled, but sometimes compared to Latin feles (“cat”).

Noun

bele m (plural belaod)

1. marten

Mutation

Mutated forms of bele

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bele	fele	mele	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2016) “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎^[2], retrieved 31 December 2024
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “belau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.l̪e/

Verb

bele

1. (stative) to be hungry

   de ti bele ― I am hungry

Conjugation

Conjugation of bele (stative verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tibele	mibele	abele
2nd person		nibele	fibele
3rd person	inanimate	ibele	dibele
	animate	mabele
imperative		—, bele	—, bele

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics