bẹ
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩˨]
Noun
(classifier cây (“corn, maize”)) bẹ • (備, 梐, 瓣, 𠹯)
- (botany) sheath
- (dialectal) corn, maize
- Synonyms: bắp, ngô
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̀/
Verb
bẹ̀
- (transitive) to beg
- Synonyms: ṣagbe, tọrọ báárà
- (intransitive) to plead; to implore
- to send someone on an errand
- Synonym: rán níṣẹ́
Derived terms
- bẹ̀bẹ̀ (“to beg”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̄/
Verb
bẹ
- (transitive) to peel
- Synonym: bó
- bẹ ìbẹ́pẹ ― To peel a papaya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̄/
Verb
bẹ
- to be ahead, to be forward
- Synonym: yájú
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̄/
Verb
bẹ
- (intransitive) to snap, to burst, to break
- ogun-ún bẹ́ sílẹ̀ ― War has broken out
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̄/
Verb
bẹ
- (intransitive, always used with ń) to be (in a location), to exist
- Ó ń bẹ nísàlẹ̀ ― It's at the bottom
- Epo ń bẹ, ẹ̀wà ń bẹ o ― There's oil, there's beans(part of the oríkì ìbejì)
- to be held accountable
Usage notes
(to be): always used with the particle ń, not to be confused with ńbẹ̀
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ̄/
Verb
bẹ
- to shine forth
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ́/
Verb
bẹ́
- (intransitive) to hop, to jump (downwards)
- ìbẹ́ àbẹ́jù l'ó mú kí ẹpọ̀n eégún yọ síta(proverb against going beyond one's limit)
- It is the excessive jumping about of the egungun spirit that causes his testicles to show outside his costume
Related terms
- tọ (“to hop”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ́/
Verb
bẹ́
- to buy a small quantity of something
- Mo bẹ́ aásáà ― I bought a small quantity of tobacco
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ́/
Verb
bẹ́
- to slash, to cut off, (in particular), to slash something with a machete or cutlass
Derived terms
- bẹ́lórí (“to behead”)
Alternative forms
- bí
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ́/
Verb
bẹ́
- (Ijebu) to give birth to
Usage notes
- Usually used in reference to animals and livestock
Derived terms
- bẹ́mọ