vete
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvete/
Etymology 1
Originally from *vemte (*vem suffixed with te), from the original form in Proto-Albanian *wadmi, from athematic Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (perhaps *weh₂dʰ-mi).
Also cognate to English wade (“to walk through water”), Old Armenian գամ (gam, “to come”), Latin vādō (“to go, walk”).[1]
Verb
vete (aorist vajta, participle vajtur)
Etymology 2
From vet (“to ask”).
Verb
vete
- (Gheg) ask him/her/it (second-person singular imperative of vet (“ask”) + e)
- Synonym: pyete
- (Gheg) second-person singular aorist indicative of vet
- Synonym: pyete
Etymology 3
From vetë.
Alternative forms
Noun
vete
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vete”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 502
Further reading
- “vete”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Dutch
Alternative forms
- vede (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vete, from Old Dutch *faitha, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveː.tə/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːtə
- Hyphenation: ve‧te
Noun
vete f (plural vetes or veten, diminutive vetetje n)
Derived terms
Estonian
Noun
vete
- genitive plural of vesi
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Noun
vete m (definite singular veten, indefinite plural vetar, definite plural vetane)
Derived terms
- jonsokvete
- krigsvete
- olsokvete
- syftesokvete
- vetefut
- vetehus
- vetemann
- vetesleg
- vetestove
- vetevakt
- vetevarde
Etymology 2
Verb
vete (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vetast, present participle vetande, imperative vet)
- alternative form of vita
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.tɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
- Hyphenation: ve‧te
Verb
vete
- inflection of vetar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbete/ [ˈbe.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: ve‧te
Verb
vete
- second-person singular imperative of ir combined with te
- inflection of ver:
- inflection of vetar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²veːtɛ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -²eːtɛ
Noun
vete n
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | vete | vetes |
definite | vetet | vetets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (in certain phrases) /vɛtɛ/, /²veːtɛ/
Verb
vete
- (dated) subjunctive of veta
Derived terms
References
- vete in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vete in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)