abe

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

English

Etymology

Probably a- + be.

Pronunciation

Verb

abe

  1. (intransitive, infinitive, regional, Britain) 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


Abinomn

Noun

abe

  1. elder sister

Cimbrian

Etymology

The sense “south” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetian: vago 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

Antonyms

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

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːbə/, [ˈæːb̥ə]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːbə

Etymology 1

From Old Norse api (fool).

Noun

abe c (singular definite aben, plural indefinite aber)

  1. monkey
  2. ape
Inflection
Synonyms
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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

Kom (Cameroon)

Adverb

abe

  1. outside (of)

References

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

Lun Bawang

abe

Noun

abe

  1. earring.

See also


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

Picard

Etymology

From Latin arbor.

Noun

abe m (plural abes)

  1. tree

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin apis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaβe/

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

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

Further reading


Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈbiː/

Verb

abe (third-person singular present abes, present participle abein, past abet, past participle abet)

  1. to let alone, let be, leave undisturbed

References

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