ete

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ete"

Abom

Pronoun

ete

1. he, she, it (third-person singular pronoun)

References

• Abom - newguineaworld

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• etã

Etymology 1

From Latin aetas. Compare also Albanian jetë.

Noun

ete f (plural eti)

1. an age, long period of time
2. (figurative) life

Synonyms

• (age): chiãro
• (life): bane

Etymology 2

Noun

ete f pl

1. plural of etã

Chuukese

Etymology

e- +‎ -te

Pronoun

ete

1. he, she, it will never
2. so one does not

Related terms

		Present and past tense	Negative tense	Future	Negative future	Distant future	Negative determinate
Singular	First person	ua	use	upwe	usap	upwap	ute
	Second person	ka, ke	kose, kese	kopwe, kepwe	kosap, kesap	kopwap, kepwap	kote, kete
	Third person	a	ese	epwe	esap	epwap	ete
Plural	First person	aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive)	ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive)	aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive)	ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive)	aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive)	aute (exclusive) site (inclusive)
	Second person	oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	Third person	ra, re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːtə/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): [ˈeːtə]
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [ˈeɪ̯tə]

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Verb

ete

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of eten

Anagrams

• eet

Esperanto

Adverb

ete

1. slightly

Related terms

• eta

Estonian

Noun

ete

1. genitive plural of esi

Friulian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin aetās, aetātem. Cf. Italian età.

Noun

ete f (plural etes)

1. epoch, time

Synonyms

• epuche

Related terms

• etât

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French été (“summer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ete/

Noun

ete

1. summer

Khumi Chin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e˧.te˧/

Verb

ete

1. (transitive) to plant, cultivate

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 48

Mbyá Guaraní

Adverb

ete

1. very, really

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ǣt, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ētą. The final vowel is presumably generalised from the dative.

Alternative forms

• ate, æte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːt(ə)/

Noun

ete (plural etes)

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) eating; food; meal

Descendants

• English: eat
• Scots: ait

References

• “ēt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

ete

1. Alternative form of eten

Mobilian

Noun

ete

1. wood

References

• Emanuel J. Drechsel, Mobilian jargon: linguistic and sociohistorical aspects of a Native American pidgin (1997), page 116

Norman

Etymology

From Old French esté, from Latin aestās, aestātem.

Noun

ete m (plural etes)

1. (Sark) summer

See also

Seasons in Norman · les saisouns (layout · text) · category
spring France: renouvé (“spring”) Guernsey: r'nouvé (“spring”) Jersey: èrnouvé (“spring”) Sark: rnuve (“spring”)	summer France: étaé, éto (“summer”) Guernsey: étaï (“summer”) Jersey: êté (“summer”) Sark: ete (“summer”)	autumn France: arryire (“autumn”) Guernsey: autaomme (“autumn”) Jersey: s'tembre (“autumn”) Sark: otum (“autumn”)	winter France: hivé (“winter”) Guernsey: hivaer (“winter”) Jersey: hivé (“winter”) Sark: ive (“winter”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːtə/

Verb

ete (imperative et, present tense eter, passive etes, simple past åt, past participle ett, present participle etende)

1. to eat

   et, drikk og vær glad ― eat, drink and be merry

Synonyms

• spise

Derived terms

• altetende
• eter (noun)
• planteetende

References

• “ete” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ete (present tense et, past tense åt, past participle ete, passive infinitive etast, present participle etande, imperative et)

1. Alternative form of eta

Nupe

Etèzhì

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.tè/

Noun

etè (plural etèzhì)

1. oar

Old English

Verb

ete

1. first-person singular present indicative of etan

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀏𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• एते (Devanagari script)
• এতে (Bengali script)
• එතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ဧတေ or ဨတေ or ဢေတေ (Burmese script)
• เอเต (Thai script)
• ᩑᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອເຕ (Lao script)
• ឯតេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ete

1. nominative/accusative plural masculine of eta (“this”)

Pronoun

ete m

1. nominative/accusative plural of eta (“this one”)

Romanian

Interjection

ete

1. Obsolete form of iată.

References

• ete in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Salar

Adverb

ete

1. Alternative form of ette

References

• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “ete”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 51
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “ete”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 106
• 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎^[3], China Salar Youth League, page 45

Turkish

Noun

ete

1. dative singular of et

Yola

Etymology

From northern Middle English art.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːt/
• Homophones: at, ayght

Noun

ete

1. A point of the compass.
   • GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY

     What ete does the wind blow from?

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     Joud an moud vrem earchee ete was ee Lough.

     Throngs and crowds from each quarter were at the Lough;

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

Likely a Doublet of èdè, see there for more information, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *-dè (“tongue”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.tè/

Noun

ètè

1. lip

   Synonym: ùkó

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ètè (“lips”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ùpọ́nrun
			Ìkòròdú	ùpọ́nrun
			Ṣágámù	ùpọ́nrun
			Ẹ̀pẹ́	ùpọ́nrun
		Ìkálẹ̀	Òkìtìpupa	ùpánrun
		Oǹdó	Oǹdó	ùpánún
		Ọ̀wọ̀	Ọ̀wọ̀	ùpẹ̀nmẹ̀nrun
	Ìtsẹkírì		Ìwẹrẹ	ùkpánrun
	Olùkùmi		Ugbódù	ekpùkpẹrún
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ètè, ùkó
			Àkúrẹ́	ètè, ùkó
			Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ètè, ùkó
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ètè
		Èkó	Èkó	ètè
		Ìbàdàn	Ìbàdàn	ètè
		Ìlọrin	Ìlọrin	ètè
		Oǹkó	Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA	ètè
			Ìwàjówà LGA	ètè
			Kájọlà LGA	ètè
			Ìsẹ́yìn LGA	ètè
			Ṣakí West LGA	ètè
			Atisbo LGA	ètè
			Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA	ètè
		Ọ̀yọ́	Ọ̀yọ́	ètè
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà	ètè
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ètè
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé	Kabba	ètè
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀	Akpáré	bèbèlè-arũ

Derived terms

• ajẹmétè (“labial”)
• irun ètè (“moustache”)
• tọ́tè (“to apply makeup or lipstick”)
• àfètèpè (“labial articulation”)
• àrùn-ètè (“lipomatosis”)

 

Etymology 2

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ te (“to peel something from the body or stem”).

Alternative forms

• èti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.tē/

Noun

ète

1. dead skin that has been peeled off

   Synonym: èti

2. leaves plucked from the stem of a plant

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.tē/

Noun

ète

1. plan, scheme, plot, strategy, purpose

   Synonyms: èwé, ọ̀tẹ̀

Derived terms

• ètekéte (“evil or illegal scheme or plot”)

Related terms

• ètò (“plan”)
• ìlànà (“strategy, plan”)
• rìkíṣí (“plot, conspiracy”)