wele
Bambara
Verb
wele
Derived terms
- welebaa
- weleli
- welewele
Fijian
Noun
wele
Adjective
wele
- careless, unconcerned
- reckless (vakawelewele to specify connotative sense)
- neuter
Manipa
Noun
wele
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
- 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;
- c. Late 14th Century, Pearl, Lines 340-343
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Adverb
wele
- alternative form of wel
Adjective
wele
- alternative form of wel
Etymology 3
Noun
wele
- alternative form of whel (“wheel”)
References
- “wele”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Polish
Pronunciation
- (Greater Poland):
- (Kuyavia) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.lɛ/
- (Lesser Poland):
Preposition
wele
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
- (transitive) to hang (something)
Conjugation
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
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈwɛlɛ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈweːlɛ/, /ˈwɛlɛ/
Verb
wele (not mutable)
- (literary) third-person singular imperative of gweld
Yoruba
Etymology
Perhaps related to Olukumi gwẹ́lẹ́
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wé.lē/
Verb
wéle