ve
Translingual
Symbol
ve
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Venda.
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian вэ (vɛ).
Noun
ve (plural ves)
- The name of the Cyrillic script letter В / в.
Etymology 2
First proposed by Philologus in the July 1864 Ladies' Repository, with possessive vis and objective vim, as an alternative to using "he or she," singular they, or one in sentences without a specified gender.[1] In 1970, Varda One proposed ve, vis and objective ver in a feminist article titled "Manglish."[2] Greg Egan used the pronouns throughout the novels Distress (1995) and Diaspora (1998).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /vi/
- Homophones: V, v, vee
- Rhymes: -iː
Pronoun
ve (third-person singular, nominative case, accusative ver, possessive adjective vis, possessive noun vers, reflexive verself)
- (rare, epicene, nonstandard) Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they.
- [1984, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, reprint edition, New York: Penguin Books, published 1986, →ISBN, pages 425–426:
- And stop calling it 'it': yer got yer one great invention, remember Holmes? The neuter personal pronoun; ve/ver/vis, I am not his, vis/ve/ver, nor am I for her, ver/vis/ve, a pronoun for me, (slopping another tin of water out ready).]
- 1995, Greg Egan, Distress, reprint edition, London: Phoenix, published 1996, →ISBN, page 223:
- Ve held up vis right hand; I reached down and took it, and began to haul ver up; ve shook vis head impatiently.
- 1997, Greg Egan, Diaspora, reprint edition, New York: HarperPrism, published 1998, →ISBN, page 52:
- Yatima felt distinctly stretched by the process—but vis symbols were still connected to each other in the same way as before. Ve was still verself.
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Synonyms
- see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
References
- Philologus. “Notes and Queries: An Epicene Personal Pronoun Needed.” The Ladies’ Repository, July 1864, p. 439. Archived here
- Verda One. “Manglish.” Everywoman, 8 May 1970, p. 2.
Anagrams
- E.V., EV, Ev, eV, μeV
Aiwoo
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *poli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli.
Verb
ve
- to buy
References
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (Gheg): vo
- (Shkodër): vø
- (Arbëresh): vö
Etymology 1
From Old Tosk *vae, from Old Albanian vōe (still at Malagija),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”). Orel, citing Bopp, Camarda and Çabej, argues the Old Albanian word descends from a borrowing from Latin ōvum.[2] The PIE etymology was earlier supported by Norbert Jokl.
Noun
ve f (indefinite plural ve, definite singular veja, definite plural vetë)
- egg
Declension
indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) | definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular (numri njëjës) | plural (numri shumës) | singular (numri njëjës) | plural (numri shumës) | ||
nominative (emërore) | (një) ve | (disa) ve | veja | vetë | |
accusative (kallëzore) | (një) ve | (disa) ve | vejan | vetë | |
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) | (një) veje | (disa) veve | vejas | vevet | |
dative (dhanore) | (një) veje | (disa) veve | vejas | vevet | |
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej) | (një) veje | (disa) vesh | vejas | vevet |
Synonyms
- vezë
Hyponyms
- ve fërgesë (“fried egg”)
- ve peshku (“fish roe”)
- ve surbull (“soft-boiled egg”)
- ve llukë (“rotten egg”)
Derived terms
- vej
- vemje
- veth
- vezë
Etymology 2
Vowel shortened from dialectal vē (identical to plural), from dialectal vejë, from Proto-Albanian *widewā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (compare English widow, Latin vidua).
Alternative forms
- vejë
Adjective
i ve m (feminine e ve, masculine plural të ve)
- widowed
Noun
ve f (indefinite plural va)
- widow, widower
Synonyms
- vejanë, vejushë
Derived terms
- vejan
- vejëri
- vejëroj
- vejme
- vejni
- vejnoj
- vejushë
References
- Martin E. Huld, Basic Albanian Etymologies (Columbus, OH: Slavica, 1984), 125.
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “ve”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 497
Arigidi
Etymology
Possibly related to Yoruba rè
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vè/
Verb
vè
- to go
Derived terms
- àvè (“the act of going”)
References
- B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)
- Boluwaji Oshodi (December 2011) A Reference Grammar of Arigidi, Montem Paperbacks, →ISBN
Catalan
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e
Noun
ve f (plural ves)
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
Usage notes
In some dialects of Catalan, the sounds associated with the letter b and the letter v are the same: [β]. In order to differentiate the names be and ve in those dialects, the letters are often called be alta (“high B”) and ve baixa (“low V”).
Derived terms
- ve baixa
- ve doble
Verb
ve
- third-person singular present indicative form of venir
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛ]
audio (file)
Preposition
ve
- in
Usage notes
- The more usual form is v, while ve is used before words starting with f, v, w and certain consonant clusters.
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse vei, from Proto-Germanic *wai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veːˀ/, [ˈʋeːˀ]
- Rhymes: -eːˀ
Noun
ve (singular definite veen, plural indefinite veer)
- pain
- contraction of labour, birth pang
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ve | veen | veer | veerne |
genitive | ves | veens | veers | veernes |
Further reading
- “ve” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “ve” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
East Masela
Noun
ve
- water
References
- Taber, M. (1993). Toward a better understanding of the indigenous languages of southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics. 32:2. pp. 389-441. Cited in: "East Masela" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from German weh, from Proto-Germanic *wai, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (“oh!; woe!; alas!”). Compare Yiddish וויי (vey), Dutch wee, Latin vae, Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), Spanish guay, Italian guai, dialectal French vé, Welsh gwae, Latvian vai, Persian وای (vây), Arabic وَيْل (wayl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ve]
- Hyphenation: ve
Audio: (file)
Interjection
ve
- alas, woe
Faroese
Etymology
Ultimately, from Latin vē.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veː/
Noun
ve n (genitive singular ves, plural ve)
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
Declension
Declension of ve | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ve | veið | ve | veini |
accusative | ve | veið | ve | veini |
dative | vei | veinum | veum | veunum |
genitive | ves | vesins | vea | veanna |
Synonyms
- (archaic) vaff, vavv
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø
French
Noun
ve (plural ves)
- Abbreviation of veuve.
Galician
Verb
ve
- inflection of ver:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French ver (“worm”).
Noun
ve
- worm
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto ve, from German weh. Compare also Latin vae.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve/, /vɛ/
Noun
ve (plural ve-i)
- The name of the Latin script letter V/v.
See also
- (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze (Category: io:Latin letter names)
Interjection
ve
- alas, oh dear
- Ve! Me obliviis la furnelo acendite!
- Oh dear! I forgot the stove on!
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve/
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: ve
Pronoun
ve
- Alternative form of vi (“to you”)
- Ve lo consiglio ― I recommend it (to you)
- Ve ne ne sarei molto grato ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes
- Used when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).
See also
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Conjunctive | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | |||
second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | te | |||||
third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se2 | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' | |
f | lei, Lei1 | la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 | le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 | lei, Lei1, sé | ||||||
Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | |||
second | — | voi, Voi4 | vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 | ve | voi, Voi4 | |||||
third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, Li1, -li, -Li1 | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 | glie, se | loro, Loro1, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' | |
f | le, Le1, -le, -Le1 | |||||||||
1 | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | |||||||||
2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | |||||||||
3 | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | |||||||||
4 | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). |
Japanese
Romanization
ve
- Rōmaji transcription of ゔぇ
- Rōmaji transcription of ゑ゙
- Rōmaji transcription of ヴェ
- Rōmaji transcription of ヹ
Lahu
Particle
ve
- particle used after a verb similar in fuction to English "to". E.g. "ha ve" = "to winnow"
- Relativizer particle
Middle English
Pronoun
ve
- Alternative form of we (“we”)
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve/
- Rhymes: -e
Pronoun
ve
- you (formal or plural, reflexive or dative or accusative)
Coordinate terms
Number | Person | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Reflexive | Possessive | Prepositional |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | first-person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | ||
second-person, familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
second-person, formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
third-person, feminine | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | |||
plural | first-person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | ||
second-person, plural | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
third-person, feminine | llòro | 'e (le) |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vei, væ, from Proto-Germanic *wai.
Interjection
ve
- woe!
Related terms
- våle
Noun
ve m (definite singular veen, indefinite plural vear, definite plural veane)
- birth pang(s)
- pain, longing
ve n (definite singular veet, indefinite plural ve, definite plural vea)
- (obsolete except in "ve og vel") pain
Synonyms
- ri
Derived terms
- fødselsve
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vé, from Proto-Germanic *wīhą.
Noun
ve n (definite singular veet, indefinite plural ve, definite plural vea)
- (historical, in Norse times) holy place, place of offering
Derived terms
- varg i veum
References
- “ve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Noun
ve f (plural ves)
- vee (the letter v, V)
Derived terms
- ve dobla
Serbo-Croatian
Adverb
ve (Cyrillic spelling ве)
- (Kajkavian) now
Synonyms
- sada
Slovene
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋéː/
Pronoun
vẹ̑
- you (feminine and neuter plural, more than two)
- (formal) you (feminine and neuter singular)
Inflection
singular | |||
---|---|---|---|
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | jàz | tí | — |
accusative | méne, me | tébe, te | sébe, se |
genitive | méne, me | tébe, te | sébe, se |
dative | méni, mi | tébi, ti | sébi, si |
locative | méni | tébi | sébi |
instrumental | menój, máno | tebój, tábo | sebój, sábo |
possessive | mój | tvój | svój |
dual | |||
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | mídva m, médve/mídve f or n | vídva m, védve/vídve f or n | — |
accusative | náju | váju | sébe, se |
genitive | náju | váju | sébe, se |
dative | náma | váma | sébi, si |
locative | náju | váju | sébi |
instrumental | náma | váma | sebój, sábo |
possessive | nájin | vájin | svój |
plural | |||
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | mí m, mé f or n | ví m, vé f or n | — |
accusative | nàs | vàs | sébe, se |
genitive | nàs | vàs | sébe, se |
dative | nàm | vàm | sébi, si |
locative | nàs | vàs | sébi |
instrumental | nàmi | vàmi | sebój, sábo |
possessive | nàš | vàš | svój |
See also
singular | dual | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | m | jaz | midva | mi | |
f | medve, midve | me | |||
2nd person | familiar | m | ti | vidva | vi |
f | vedve, vidve | ve | |||
polite | m | vi | vidva | vi | |
f | vi | vedve, vidve | ve | ||
3rd person | m | on | onadva | oni | |
f | ona | onedve, onidve | one | ||
n | ono | onedve, onidve | ona |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbe/ [ˈbe]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: ve
- Homophone: be
Noun
ve f (plural ves)
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
- Synonyms: uve, ve corta
Derived terms
- doble ve
- ve de vaca
- ve doble
References
Verb
ve
- inflection of ver:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
- second-person singular voseo imperative
- second-person singular imperative of ir
Usage notes
- The voseo imperative of ir is typically replaced with the imperative of andar, that is andá.[1]
References
- “Spanish from Argentina: That Voseo Thing”, in (please provide the title of the work), accessed 9 October 2015
Further reading
- “ve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ve, from Old Norse vei, væ, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai.
Cognate with Danish ve, Icelandic vei, Old Saxon and Middle High German wê, German weh, Dutch wee, Old English wá, English woe, and also Latin vae. The interjection is original in Old Swedish. The noun might have appeared from that interjection or by loan from Middle Low German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veː/
- Rhymes: -eː
- Homophone: V (the letter)
Interjection
ve
- woe, pity you!
- ve dig!
- ack och ve!
Noun
ve n
- woe, misery
- ditt väl och ve
- your weal and woe, your fortune and misery
- Ve och fasa!
- Woe and horror! (Horror of horrors!)
Declension
Declension of ve | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ve | ve | ve | ve |
Genitive | ves | ves | ves | ves |
Related terms
- veklaga
- veklagan
- vemod
- verop
References
- ve in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- ve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
- ve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- ev.
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve/
Noun
ve
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish و (ve), from Arabic وَ (wa).
Conjunction
ve
- and
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɛ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vɛ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɛ˧˧] ~ [jɛ˧˧]
- Homophone: de
Etymology 1
From Middle Vietnamese ue. Probably onomatopoeic, from the cry of the cicada.
Noun
(classifier con) ve • (蟡)
- cicada
- Synonyms: ve sầu, ve ve
- tick
Etymology 2
From French verre (“glass (substance); objects made of that substance”).
Noun
ve • (䃣, 𡐮)
- small bottle or jar
- glass (substance) (only in the compound bi ve (“glass marble”))
See also
- bi ve
- ve chai
Verb
ve • (𢠿)
- (chiefly in compounds) to flirt
See also
- ve vãn
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
- (common) IPA(key): [ʋéː]
- (southern regional) IPA(key): [ʋíː]
- (rare, Kalix), IPA(key): [wéː]
- Rhymes: -éː
- (unstressed) IPA(key): [ʋe̞]
- Rhymes: -ɛ
Pronoun
ve
- First person plural pronoun; we (singular jig, jeg).
Declension
number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | jig, jeg, jög | du, döu | hɑnn, hånn | hu, ho, hon | he | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | hana, na, a, hänner | he, ne, e | |
dative | meg (me) | deg (de) | seg (se) | hönöm, hano, håno | hannar, hänner, hennar, henar, nar | dy, dyij, di |
genitive | min, myin | din, dyin | sin, syin | hɑnʃ, hansches, hånsch | hannars, hännars, hennars, henars | diss |
case | plural | plural masculine | plural feminine | plural neuter | ||
nominative | ve | ge, je, ji | de, di, dȯm, dem, döm | |||
accusative | ass, åss | ge, je, ji | seg | |||
dative | ass, åss | gerom, irom | seg (se) | dȯm, dem, döm, do | ||
genitive | vor, wȯhn, våor, vånn, voden | jera, jänn, jern, iden, jedar, idar | sin, syin | dern, dera, däris, daires | dera, däris, daires | derä |
Alternative forms
- we
- vä
- wä
Preposition
ve
- Alternative form of wä (“with”)
Noun
ve m
- Alternative form of ved (“wood”)