beje
See also: bëjë
East Central German
Alternative forms
- behn
Etymology
Verb
beje
- (Erzgebirgisch) to toast, to roast
- (Erzgebirgisch) to heat, to warm
References
2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:
Kabuverdianu
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese beijo.
Noun
beje
References
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
- Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro
Lithuanian
Etymology
Created from be (“particle of continuity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʲɛˈjɛ̂]
Adverb
bejè
- by the way; incidentally (i.e. used to refer to something that's been already mentioned)
- Beje, ar jūs kada nors buvote Europoje? ― By the way, have you ever been to Europe?
- moreover; after all (i.e. used to introduce additional information)
- Beje, reikėtų būti ypač atidžiam net pasirenkant draugus. ― Moreover, you must be particularly careful in choosing your friends.
- Beje, tą patį buvo galima pasakyti ir apie mane. ― The same, in fact, could have been said of myself.
Further reading
- Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “bejè”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 145