bete

== English == === Verb === bete Obsolete spelling of beat. Obsolete spelling of beet. === Anagrams === Beet, beet == Afrikaans == === Noun === bete plural of beet == Bangi == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-béet. === Verb === bete to beat == Basque == === Etymology === From Proto-Basque *bete. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bete/ [be.t̪e] Rhymes: -ete, -e Hyphenation: be‧te === Verb === bete da/du (imperfect participle betetzen, future participle beteko, short form bete, verbal noun betetze) to fill to satisfy to fulfill, carry out to fill in, fill out to expire, run out, exhaust (time) === Further reading === “bete”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “bete”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === bete (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of bijten === Anagrams === beet == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbeːtə] Homophones: Beete, Bete === Verb === bete inflection of beten: first-person singular present singular imperative first/third-person singular subjunctive I == Italian == === Noun === bete f plural of beta === Anagrams === Tebe == Latin == === Verb === bēte second-person singular present active imperative of bētō == Lingala == === Etymology === Borrowed from Bangi bete. === Verb === bete to beat == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz. === Noun === bēte f bite ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: beet Limburgish: beet === Further reading === “bete (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bete (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Despite the gap in attestation, apparently inherited from Old English bēte, from Proto-West Germanic *bētā, from Latin bēta, of unknown origin. ==== Alternative forms ==== beet ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbɛːt(ə)/, /ˈbeːt(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== bete (plural betes) beet (plant of the genus Beta or its root or leaves) ===== Descendants ===== English: beet→ Chickasaw: (from the plural) biits→ Hawaiian: piki→ Japanese: ビート (beet)→ Korean: 비트 (biteu)→ Māori: pīti ===== References ===== “bẹ̄te, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== bete (Late Middle English, Norfolk) alternative form of bite === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== bete alternative form of beten (“to beat”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== bete alternative form of beten (“to fix”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === bete m beetroot (Beta vulgaris) bit; a portion of something. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === bete m beetroot (Beta vulgaris) bit; a portion of something crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure == Old English == === Verb === bete first-person singular present indicative of bētan == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === beta === Verb === bete third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ Hyphenation: be‧te === Verb === bete inflection of betar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbe.te/ === Adjective === bete f pl or n pl feminine/neuter plural of beat == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse beita (“food, bait”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/ ==== Noun ==== bete n bait grazing (feeding of livestock by letting them graze) pasturage (what livestock eat when out to pasture) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== (bait): beta (grazing): beta, betesmark (“pasture”), grönbete ===== See also ===== agn (“bait for fishing”) === Etymology 2 === Related to bita (“to bite”). Also see Icelandic biti. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/ ==== Noun ==== bete c a tusk ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== (tusk): elefantbete === Etymology 3 === be- +‎ te (“appear”) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bɛˈteː/ ==== Verb ==== bete (present beter, preterite betedde, supine betett, imperative bete) (reflexive) to behave (oneself) to act ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== beteende === References === bete in Svensk ordbok (SO) bete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) bete in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) == Ternate == === Etymology === Somehow related to Sahu ḇeiti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbe.te/ === Noun === bete (Jawi بيتي) eddo (Colocasia antiquorum) ==== Descendants ==== → Gorontalo: bete === References === Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh