beti

== Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beti/ [be.t̪i] Rhymes: -eti, -i Hyphenation: be‧ti === Adverb === beti (not comparable) always === Further reading === “beti”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “beti”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Guyanese Creole English == === Noun === beti alternative spelling of baytee (“daughter”) === References === Henry, Edgar A. (2022), The Guyanese Slang Alphabet, Dorrance Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 41 == Ido == === Noun === beti plural of beto == Lindu == === Noun === beti measuring rope == Muduapa == === Noun === beti banana == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From English bite; sense “bait” possibly from or influenced by English bait (which is itself a doublet of bite). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beti/, [bɪ̞ti], [be̝ti] === Verb === beti to bite === Noun === beti bite bait == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Possibly from English belt. ==== Noun ==== beti class V (plural mabeti class VI) a kind of pouch used by soldiers ===== Derived terms ===== kibeti (“purse, wallet”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== beti class IX (plural beti class X) alternative form of ubeti === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from English bet. ==== Alternative forms ==== -bet ==== Verb ==== -beti (infinitive kubeti) to bet, gamble ===== Conjugation ===== == Uneapa == === Etymology === From Proto-Western Oceanic *bʷatiq with irregular e and loss of *q. Not related to Proto-Oceanic *pudi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *punti, due to phonological problems, although it was proposed by Johnston (1982). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beti/ === Noun === beti banana === Further reading === Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 364, 370 Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95. Lynch, John (December 2002), “The Proto-Oceanic Labiovelars: Some New Observations”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, number 2, pages 310-362 == West Makian == === Etymology === Said by Voorhoeve to be from North Moluccan Malay [Term?]. Compare North Moluccan Malay pece (“mud”), Indonesian becek (“mud”), Ternate bece (“dust”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbe.t̪i/ === Noun === beti a swamp mud === References === Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics