vete

See also: veté, vête, vetë, větě, and və̀tə̀

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)

  1. to go
    Synonym: shkoj

Etymology 2

From vet (to ask).

Verb

vete

  1. (Gheg) ask him/her/it (second-person singular imperative of vet (ask) + e)
    Synonym: pyete
  2. (Gheg) second-person singular aorist indicative of vet
    Synonym: pyete

Etymology 3

From vetë.

Alternative forms

Noun

vete

  1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of vetë
  2. self, oneself
    Synonym: vetvete

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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

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)

  1. feud

Derived terms

Estonian

Noun

vete

  1. genitive plural of vesi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse viti.

Alternative forms

Noun

vete m (definite singular veten, indefinite plural vetar, definite plural vetane)

  1. a beacon
  2. a hilltop where a beacon stands or has stood
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)

  1. alternative form of vita

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.te/
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
  • Hyphenation: ve‧te

Verb

vete

  1. inflection of vetar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbete/ [ˈbe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: ve‧te

Verb

vete

  1. second-person singular imperative of ir combined with te
  2. inflection of ver:
    1. second-person singular imperative combined with te
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te
  3. inflection of vetar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. 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

  1. wheat
Declension
Declension of vete
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

  1. (dated) subjunctive of veta
Derived terms

References

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