ele-bele

Salar

Etymology

From Salar ele and bele.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /elepele/

Adverb

ele-bele

  1. back-and-forth, backwards and towards
    Ele-bele sür.
    Sweep back and forth.
  2. out of line

Conjunction

ele ... bele ...

  1. here and there, on every hand, around
    ele yanşa bele yanşa
    talk on every hand

Noun

ele-bele

  1. cause and affect, full story
  • beliği (like this)
  • eliği (like that)

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ele-bele”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 324
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “ele-bele”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 156
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “ele-bele”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 100
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ele-bele”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 164