ve

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ve

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Venda.

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Russian вэ (vɛ).

Noun[edit]

ve (plural ves)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter В / в.

Etymology 2[edit]

First proposed by Philologus in the July 1864 Ladies' Repository, with possessive vis and objective vim, as an alternative to using "he or she," singular they, or one in sentences without a specified gender.[1] In 1970, Varda One proposed ve, vis and objective ver in a feminist article titled "Manglish."[2] Greg Egan used the pronouns throughout the novels Distress (1995) and Diaspora (1998).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ve (third-person singular, nominative case, accusative ver, possessive adjective vis, possessive noun vers, reflexive verself)

  1. (rare, epicene, nonstandard) Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they.
    • [1984, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, reprint edition, New York: Penguin Books, published 1986, →ISBN, pages 425–426:
      And stop calling it 'it': yer got yer one great invention, remember Holmes? The neuter personal pronoun; ve/ver/vis, I am not his, vis/ve/ver, nor am I for her, ver/vis/ve, a pronoun for me, (slopping another tin of water out ready).]
    • 1995, Greg Egan, Distress, reprint edition, London: Phoenix, published 1996, →ISBN, page 223:
      Ve held up vis right hand; I reached down and took it, and began to haul ver up; ve shook vis head impatiently.
    • 1997, Greg Egan, Diaspora, reprint edition, New York: HarperPrism, published 1998, →ISBN, page 52:
      Yatima felt distinctly stretched by the process—but vis symbols were still connected to each other in the same way as before. Ve was still verself.
Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Philologus. “Notes and Queries: An Epicene Personal Pronoun Needed.” The Ladies’ Repository, July 1864, p. 439. Archived here
  2. ^ Verda One. “Manglish.” Everywoman, 8 May 1970, p. 2.

Anagrams[edit]

Aiwoo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Oceanic *poli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli.

Verb[edit]

ve

  1. to buy

References[edit]

  • Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Albanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Tosk *vae, from Old Albanian vōe (still at Malagija),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”). Orel, citing Bopp, Camarda and Çabej, argues the Old Albanian word descends from a borrowing from Latin ōvum.[2] The PIE etymology was earlier supported by Norbert Jokl.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ve f (indefinite plural ve, definite singular veja, definite plural vetë)

  1. egg
    Synonym: vezë
Declension[edit]
Declension of ve
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative ve ve veja vetë
accusative vejan
dative veje veve vejas vevet
ablative vesh
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *widewā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (compare English widow, Latin vidua).

Alternative forms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

i ve m (feminine e ve, masculine plural të ve)

  1. widowed

Noun[edit]

ve f (indefinite plural va)

  1. widow, widower
    Synonyms: vejanë, vejushë
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Martin E. Huld, Basic Albanian Etymologies (Columbus, OH: Slavica, 1984), 125.
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 497

Arigidi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly related to Yoruba rè

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

vè

  1. to go

Derived terms[edit]

  • àvè (“the act of going”)

References[edit]

  • B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)
  • Boluwaji Oshodi (December 2011) A Reference Grammar of Arigidi, Montem Paperbacks, →ISBN

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -e

Noun[edit]

ve f (plural ves)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter V.

Usage notes[edit]

In some dialects of Catalan, the sounds associated with the letter b and the letter v are the same: [β]. In order to differentiate the names be and ve in those dialects, the letters are often called be alta (“high B”) and ve baixa (“low V”).

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

ve

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of venir

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛ]
  • audio(file)

Preposition[edit]

ve

  1. Alternative form of v (“in”)

Usage notes[edit]

  • The more usual form is v, while ve is used before words starting with f, v, w and certain consonant clusters.

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse vei, from Proto-Germanic *wai.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ve (singular definite veen, plural indefinite veer)

  1. pain
  2. contraction of labour, birth pang

Declension[edit]

Declension of ve
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ve veen veer veerne
genitive ves veens veers veernes

Further reading[edit]

East Masela[edit]

Noun[edit]

ve

  1. water

References[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German weh, from Proto-Germanic *wai, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (“oh!; woe!; alas!”). Compare Yiddish וויי‎ (vey), Dutch wee, Latin vae, Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), Spanish guay, Italian guai, dialectal French vé, Welsh gwae, Latvian vai, Persian وای‎ (vây), Arabic وَيْل‎ (wayl).

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ve

  1. alas, woe

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately, from Latin vē.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ve n (genitive singular ves, plural ve)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter V.

Declension[edit]

Declension of ve
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ve veið ve veini
accusative ve veið ve veini
dative vei veinum veum veunum
genitive ves vesins vea veanna

Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

ve (plural ves)

  1. Abbreviation of veuve.

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

ve

  1. inflection of ver:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French ver (“worm”).

Noun[edit]

ve

  1. worm

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Esperanto ve, from German weh. Compare also Latin vae.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ve (plural ve-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter V/v.

See also[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ve

  1. alas, oh dear
    Ve! Me obliviis la furnelo acendite!
    Oh dear! I forgot the stove on!

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ve/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: ve

Pronoun[edit]

ve

  1. Alternative form of vi (“to you”)
    Ve lo consiglio ― I recommend it (to you)
    Ve ne ne sarei molto grato ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also[edit]

Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Conjunctive Disjunctive Locative Partitive
Singular first — io mi, m', -mi me me —
second — tu ti, t', -ti te te
third m lui si2, s', -si lo, l', -lo gli, -gli glie, se2 lui, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f lei, Lei1 la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 lei, Lei1, sé
Plural first — noi ci, c', -ci ce noi —
second — voi, Voi4 vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 ve voi, Voi4
third m loro, Loro1 si, s', -si li, Li1, -li, -Li1 gli, -gli, loro (formal),
Loro1 		glie, se loro, Loro1, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1 Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2 Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3 Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4 Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ve

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔぇ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ゑ゙
  3. Rōmaji transcription of ヴェ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ヹ

Lahu[edit]

Particle[edit]

ve

  1. particle used after a verb similar in function to English "to". E.g. "ha ve" = "to winnow"
  2. Relativizer particle

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ve

  1. Nonstandard spelling of vê̄.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ve

  1. Alternative form of we (“we”)

Neapolitan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ve

  1. you (formal or plural, reflexive or dative or accusative)

Coordinate terms[edit]

Number Person Nominative Accusative Dative Reflexive Possessive Prepositional
singular first-person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second-person, familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
second-person, formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
third-person, feminine éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first-person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second-person, plural vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
third-person, feminine llòro 'e (le)

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse vé, from Proto-Germanic *wīhą.

Noun[edit]

ve n (definite singular veet, indefinite plural ve, definite plural vea)

  1. (historical, in Norse times) holy place, place of offering
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Male given names:

Female given names:

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse vei, væ, from Proto-Germanic *wai.

Interjection[edit]

ve

  1. woe!
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse vé, from Low German. Compare the interjection above.

Noun[edit]

ve m (definite singular veen, indefinite plural vear, definite plural veane)

  1. birth pang
    Synonym: (føde)ri
  2. pain, longing
    ve og vel ― welfare (literally, “pain and wellness”)
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Noun[edit]

ve f (plural ves)

  1. vee (the letter v, V)

Derived terms[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ve (Cyrillic spelling ве)

  1. (Kajkavian) now

Synonyms[edit]

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

vẹ̑

  1. you (feminine and neuter plural, more than two)
  2. (formal) you (feminine and neuter singular)

Inflection[edit]

Declension of ve (irregular, suppletive)
singular
1st person 2nd person reflexive
nominative jàz tí —
accusative méne, me tébe, te sébe, se
genitive méne, me tébe, te sébe, se
dative méni, mi tébi, ti sébi, si
locative méni tébi sébi
instrumental menój, máno tebój, tábo sebój, sábo
possessive mój tvój svój
dual
1st person 2nd person reflexive
nominative mídva m, médve/mídve f or n vídva m, védve/vídve f or n —
accusative náju váju sébe, se
genitive náju váju sébe, se
dative náma váma sébi, si
locative náju váju sébi
instrumental náma váma sebój, sábo
possessive nájin vájin svój
plural
1st person 2nd person reflexive
nominative mí m, mé f or n ví m, vé f or n —
accusative nàs vàs sébe, se
genitive nàs vàs sébe, se
dative nàm vàm sébi, si
locative nàs vàs sébi
instrumental nàmi vàmi sebój, sábo
possessive nàš vàš svój

See also[edit]

Slovene personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person m jaz midva mi
f or n medve, midve me
2nd person familiar
tikanje 		m ti vidva vi
f or n vedve, vidve ve
3rd person m on onadva oni
f ona onedve, onidve one
n ono onedve, onidve ona
Polite forms (not differentiated in dual and plural) singular
polite
vikanje – instead of 2nd person, binds with forms for 2rd person plural masculine 		vi, Vi
very polite
onikanje – instead of 2nd or 3rd person, binds with forms for 3rd person plural masculine (archaic) 		oni
hyper polite
onokanje – instead of 2nd person, binds with forms for 3rd person singular neuter (obsolete) 		ono
patriarchal
onkanje – instead of 2nd person, binds with forms for 3rd person singular masculine (obsolete) 		on

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ve f (plural ves)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter V.
    Synonyms: uve, ve corta

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]


Verb[edit]

ve

  1. inflection of ver:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second-person singular voseo imperative
  2. second-person singular imperative of ir

Usage notes[edit]

  • The voseo imperative of ir is typically replaced with the imperative of andar, that is andá.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Spanish from Argentina: That Voseo Thing”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], accessed 9 October 2015

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish ve, from Old Norse vei, væ, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai.

Cognate with Danish ve, Icelandic vei, Old Saxon and Middle High German wê, German weh, Dutch wee, Old English wá, English woe, and also Latin vae. The interjection is original in Old Swedish. The noun might have appeared from that interjection or by loan from Middle Low German.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ve

  1. woe, pity you!
    ve dig!
    ack och ve!

Noun[edit]

ve n

  1. woe, misery
    ditt väl och ve
    your weal and woe, your fortune and misery
    Ve och fasa!
    Woe and horror! (Horror of horrors!)

Declension[edit]

Declension of ve 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ve ve ve ve
Genitive ves ves ves ves

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish ve, the Spanish name of the letter V/v.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ve
  • IPA(key): /ˈve/, [ˈvɛ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbe/, [ˈbɛ]

Noun[edit]

ve (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ)

  1. (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter V/v, in the Abecedario.
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) vi

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

ve

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter V.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish و‎ (ve), from Arabic وَ‎ (wa).

Conjunction[edit]

ve

  1. and
See also[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Vietnamese ue. Probably onomatopoeic, from the cry of the cicada.

Noun[edit]

(classifier con) ve • (蟡)

  1. cicada
    Synonyms: ve sầu, ve ve
  2. tick

Etymology 2[edit]

From French verre (“glass (substance); objects made of that substance”).

Noun[edit]

ve • (䃣, 𡐮)

  1. small bottle or jar
  2. glass (substance) (only in the compound bi ve (“glass marble”))
See also[edit]
Derived terms

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

ve • (𢠿)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) to flirt
See also[edit]
Derived terms
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