wele

Bambara

Verb

wele

to call
to invite

Derived terms

welebaa
weleli
welewele

Fijian

Noun

wele

indifference

Adjective

wele

careless, unconcerned
reckless (vakawelewele to specify connotative sense)
neuter

Manipa

Noun

wele

water

References

James T. Collins, The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia (1983), page 70

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English wela, from Proto-West Germanic *welō, *walō, from Proto-Germanic *walô. For more; see English weal.

Alternative forms

weole

Noun

wele

prosperity; happiness; well-being
- c. Late 14th Century, Pearl, Lines 340-343
  Ofte mony mon forgos þe mo. // Þe oȝte better þyseluen blesse // And love ay God in wele and wo, // For anger gaynez þe not a cresse;

Related terms

weleful
welthe
wely

Descendants

English: weal
Scots: weal, weel

Adverb

wele

Alternative form of wel

Adjective

wele

Alternative form of wel

Noun

wele

Alternative form of whele (“wheel”)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wele in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈwe.le]

Verb

wele

(transitive) to hang (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wele
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	towele	fowele	miwele
2nd	nowele	niwele
3rd	Masculine	owele	iwele, yowele^†
Feminine	mowele
Neuter	iwele
† - archaic

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Alternative forms

gweled

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛlɛ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈweːlɛ/, /ˈwɛlɛ/

Verb

wele

(literary) third-person singular imperative of gweld