ele-bele
Salar
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /elepele/
Adverb
ele-bele
- back-and-forth, backwards and towards
- Ele-bele sür.
- Sweep back and forth.
- out of line
Conjunction
ele ... bele ...
- here and there, on every hand, around
- ele yanşa bele yanşa
- talk on every hand
Noun
ele-bele
Related terms
- 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