wele

Bambara

Verb

wele

  1. to call
  2. to invite

Derived terms

  • welebaa
  • weleli
  • welewele

Fijian

Noun

wele

  1. indifference

Adjective

wele

  1. careless, unconcerned
  2. reckless (vakawelewele to specify connotative sense)
  3. neuter

Manipa

Noun

wele

  1. water

References

  • James T. Collins, The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia (1983), page 70

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English wela, from Proto-West Germanic *welō, *walō, from Proto-Germanic *walô. For more; see English weal.

Alternative forms

  • weole

Noun

wele

  1. prosperity; happiness; well-being
    • c. Late 14th Century, Pearl, Lines 340-343
      Ofte mony mon forgos þe mo. // Þe oȝte better þyseluen blesse // And love ay God in wele and wo, // For anger gaynez þe not a cresse;
Descendants
  • English: weal
  • Scots: weal, weel

Etymology 2

Adverb

wele

  1. alternative form of wel

Adjective

wele

  1. alternative form of wel

Etymology 3

Noun

wele

  1. alternative form of whel (wheel)

References

Polish

Pronunciation

Preposition

wele

  1. (Kuyavia, Kielce) alternative form of wedle (next to, near, beside)

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “wele”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 278
  • Zygmunt Wasilewski (1895) “wele”, in “Słowniczek wyrazów ludowych we wsi Jaksicach”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 96
  • Oskar Kolberg (1865) “wele”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 265

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈwe.le]

Verb

wele

  1. (transitive) to hang (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wele
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person towele fowele miwele
2nd person nowele niwele
3rd
person
masculine owele iwele
yowele (archaic)
feminine mowele
neuter iwele

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

wele (not mutable)

  1. (literary) third-person singular imperative of gweld

Yoruba

Etymology

Perhaps related to Olukumi gwẹ́lẹ́

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wé.lē/

Verb

wéle

  1. (Ekiti) to follow
    Synonym: tẹ̀lé