abe

abe

See also: Abe, ABE, abe', abeʼ, abé, abë, abẹ, åbe, a-be, Abé, and abe-

Translingual

Symbol

abe

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Western Abenaki.

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English

Etymology

Probably a- +‎ be.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iː

Verb

abe

1. (intransitive, infinitive, Britain, uncommon) To be.
   • 1839, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 527:

     Let it abe, I say.

   • 1864, Charles Dickens, Household Words‎, page 186:

     But if it amuses her I let it abe.

   • 1885, Charles Gibbon, Heart's Delight‎, page 154:

     But let that abe.

References

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3

Anagrams

• AEB, BAe, BEA, Bae, Bea, EAB, aeb, bae, eba

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Abinomn

Noun

abe

1. elder sister

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Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈbe/
• Hyphenation: a‧be

Verb

abé (causative absiisé, autobenefactive abité)

1. (transitive) do
2. (transitive) make
3. (transitive) operate
4. (transitive) execute

Conjugation

Conjugation of abe (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	abéh	abtéh	abéh	abtéh	abnéh	abteeníh	abeeníh
	N-affirmative	abé	abté	abé	abté	abné	abtén	abén
	negative	mábinniyo	mábinnito	mábinna	mábinna	mábinnino	mábinniton	mábinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	abáh	abtáh	abáh	abtáh	abnáh	abtaanáh	abaanáh
	N-affirmative	abá	abtá	abá	abtá	abná	abtán	abán
	negative	mába	mábta	mába	mábta	mábna	mábtan	mában
prospective	V-affirmative	abéliyoh abéyyoh	abélitoh abéttoh	abéleh	abéleh	abélinoh abénnoh	abélitoonuh abéttoonuh	abéloonuh
	N-affirmative	abéliyo abéyyo	abélito abétto	abéle	abéle	abélino abénno	abéliton abétton	abélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	ábuh	ábtuh	ábuh	ábtuh	ábnuh	abtóonuh	abóonuh
	N-affirmative	ábu	ábtu	ábu	ábtu	ábnu	abtón	abón
	negative	abé wáyuh	abé wáytuh	abé wáyuh	abé wáytuh	abé wáynuh	abé waytóonuh	abé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	abánkeh	abtánkeh	abánkeh	abtánkeh	abnánkeh	abtaanánkeh	abaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	abánke	abtánke	abánke	abtánke	abnánke	abtaanánke	abaanánke
	negative	abé wáankeh	abé waytánkeh	abé wáankeh	abé waytánkeh	abé waynánkeh	abé waytaanánkeh	abé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	ábay	ábtay	ábay	ábtay	ábnay	abtóonay	abóonay
	negative	abé wáay	abé wáytay	abé wáay	abé wáytay	abé wáynay	abé waytóonay	abé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	abinniyóy	abinnitóy	abinnáy	abinnáy	abinninóy	abinnitoonúy	abinnoonúy
	negative	abé wanniyóy	abé wannitóy	abé wannáy	abé wannáy	abé wanninóy	abé wannitoonúy	abé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	abék	abték	abék	abték	abnék	abteeník	abeeník
	negative	abé wéek	abé wayték	abé wéek	abé wayték	abé waynék	abé wayteeník	abé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	abóo	abnóo	imperative	affirmative	áb	ába
	negative	mabóo	mabnóo		negative	mábin	mábina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
ábah	ábi	ábak	abínnuh	abínnuk	abíyya	abináanih	abináan
Compound tenses past perfect affirmative perfective + perfective of én or sugé present perfect affirmative perfective + imperfective of én future perfect affirmative perfective + prospective of sugé past progressive -k converb + imperfective of én or sugé present progressive affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én future progressive -k converb + prospective of sugé immediate future affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of wée imperfect potential I affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of takké imperfect potential II affirmative imperfective + -m + takké negative abé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative abé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative abé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis abé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

Derived terms

• -aba
• -abe
• abeyna
• abína

 

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “abe”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Albanian

Etymology

Possibly related to avë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈbɛ]

Noun

abe f (indefinite plural abe, definite singular abeja, definite plural abet)

1. shadow
2. (regional) spectre, phantasm
3. (regional) gracefulness
4. (colloquial) alphabet

Further reading

• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 27 (abé)

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• aba (Graubünden)
• ache, achi (some Bern)
• ai, ahi, aahi (Fribourg, some St.Gallen)

Adverb

abe

1. down, downwards

   Antonym: ufe

   Wetsch scho wider abe? ― Do you already want down / off (i.e. alight) again?

Usage notes

• Also used as a verb prefix, corresponding to German hinab- or German herab-.

See also

• une
• dune, dunne

Further reading

• “ab-hin”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 2, 1891, column 1319
• “abe”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2023

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Cimbrian

Etymology

The sense “south” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetian: vago zò a Roma (“I go south to Rome”, literally “I go down to Rome”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

abe (Sette Comuni)

1. down
2. south, down south

   Ich ghéa abe kan Ròome.

   I'm going down south to Rome.

Synonyms

• abar, iidar

Antonyms

• au

Derived terms

• denaabe
• hòitan abe

References

• “abe” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːbə/, [ˈæːb̥ə]

• Audio (Copenhagen)

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• Rhymes: -aːbə

Etymology 1

From Old Norse api (“fool”).

Noun

abe c (singular definite aben, plural indefinite aber)

1. monkey
2. ape

Inflection

Declension of abe

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abe	aben	aber	aberne
genitive	abes	abens	abers	abernes

Synonyms

• abekat

Derived terms

• fjeldabe

Etymology 2

From Old Norse apa, from api (“fool”).

Verb

abe (imperative ab, infinitive at abe, present tense aber, past tense abede, perfect tense har abet)

1. mimic, ape

Synonyms

• abe efter
• efterabe

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Kom (Cameroon)

Adverb

abe

1. outside (of)

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

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Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.be/

Verb

abe

1. may (to be allowed)

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

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Lun Bawang

abe

Noun

abe

1. earring.

See also

• abey

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Mirandese

abe

Etymology

From Latin avis, avem (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

1. bird

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Picard

Etymology

From Old French arbre.

Noun

abe m (plural abes)

1. tree

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin apis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabe/, [ˈäː.β̞ɛ]

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

1. bee

   S'abe faghet su mele. ― The bee makes honey.

Further reading

• Abe on the Sardinian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sc

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Scots

Adverb

abe

1. Alternative form of abee

References

• “abe” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.