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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Abee

FromMiddle Englishbee, fromOld Englishbēo, fromProto-West Germanic*bijā, fromProto-Germanic*bijō, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰey-.

Noun

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bee (pluralbeesor(dialectal)been)

  2. Aflyinginsect, of thecladeAnthophila within thehymenopteran superfamilyApoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collectingpollen and (in some species) producingwax andhoney.
Synonyms
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Hypernyms
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Derived terms
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Related terms
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Translations
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insect
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extant orders of insects in English

Etymology 2

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Possibly from dialectalbene,been,bean(“help given by neighbours”), fromMiddle Englishbeen,bene(“neighbourly help, prayer, petition, request, extra service given by a tenant to his lord”),[1][2] fromOld Englishbēn(“prayer, request, petition, favour, compulsory service”), fromProto-Germanic*bōniz(“prayer, request, supplication”). Thus a variant of obsoleteben(“prayer; petition”) anddoublet ofboon. Cognate withDanishbøn(“prayer”),Dutchban(“curse”),GermanBann(“ban”). More atban.

Noun

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bee (pluralbees)

  2. Acontest, especially forspelling; seespelling bee.
    geographybee
  4. A communitygathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
    • 1856, Samuel Griswold Goodrich,Recollections of a Lifetime:
      The cellar[…] was dug by abee in a single day.
    • 1973, Alan Skeoch, Tony H. Smith,Canadians and their society, page139:
      There was but little variation in types of buildings in the pioneer period: house, church, store, barn and mill were usually much alike except in size, and a raisingbee was the ordinary means of their erection.
    • 2011 September 21, Tim Blanning, “The reinvention of the night”, inTimes Literary Supplement:
      Particularly resistant, for example, in many parts of northern Europe was the “spinningbee”, a nocturnal gathering of women to exchange gossip, stories, refreshment and – crucially – light and heat, as they spun wool or flax, knitted or sewed.
Derived terms
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Translations
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contest
gathering
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Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishbeeȝ,bie,bei,begh,beiȝe,bege,beah,bye, fromOld Englishbēah,bēag, fromProto-Germanic*baugaz.Doublet ofbeag, a learned borrowing; and ofbagel.

Noun

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bee (pluralbees)

  2. (obsolete) A ring ortorque; abracelet.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory,Le Morte Darthur, Caxton, Book 7, Chapter xxxv:
      And kyng Arthur gaf her a rychebee of gold and soo she departed
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne,Urne-Burial, Penguin, published2005, page16:
      ...restoring unto the world much gold richly adorning his Sword, two hundred Rubies, many hundred Imperial Coynes, three hundred goldenBees, the bones and horseshoe of his horse enterred with him...

Etymology 4

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Variant spellings.

Verb

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bee

  1. Obsolete spelling ofbe.
    • 1604, Reverend Cawdrey,Table Aleph:
      held that a ‘Nicholaitan is an heretike, like Nicholas, who held that wiues shouldbee common to all alike.’
  2. (obsolete)pastparticiple ofbe;been

Etymology 5

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FromMiddle English[Term?], fromOld Englishbe, fromLatinbe(the name of the letter B).

Noun

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bee (pluralbees)

  1. The name of theLatin-script letterB/b.
    • 2004, Will Rogers,The Stonking Steps, page170:
      "The ee-vee-ee-ar-en-oh-ee-ell-blank-bee-ell-oh-ess-ess-oh-em-blank-en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar is especially dee-ee-ell-eye-cee-eye-oh-you-ess." Our friends thanked the spelling bee for his help and then he buzzed off.
Derived terms
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Translations
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name of the letter B, b
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Etymology 6

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Probably fromOld Englishbēah(“ring”). Comparebow.

Noun

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bee (pluralbees)

  1. (nautical, usually in theplural) Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of thebowsprit, toreeve the fore-topmast stays through.
Synonyms
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References

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  1. ^“Archived copy”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2012 March 4 (last accessed), archived fromthe original on16 June 2012
  2. ^http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bee%5B3%5D

Anagrams

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbeː/ [ˈbeː]
  • Hyphenation:bee

Verb

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bée (autobenefactivebeeté)

  1. (transitive) totake
  2. (transitive) totake away
  3. (transitive, + l-case) toovercome
  4. (transitive, + l-case) to beangry with

Conjugation

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    Conjugation ofbee (type II verb)
1st singular2nd singular3rd singular1st plural2nd plural3rd plural
mf
perfectiveV-affirmativebéehbeytéhbéehbeytéhbeynéhbeyteeníhbeeníh
N-affirmativebéebeytébéebeytébeynébeyténbéen
negativemábeyinniyomábeyinnitomábeyinnamábeyinnamábeyinninomábeyinnitonmábeyinnon
imperfectiveV-affirmativebeyáhbeytáhbeyáhbeytáhbeynáhbeytaanáhbeyaanáh
N-affirmativebeyábeytábeyábeytábeynábeytánbeyán
negativemábeyamábeytamábeyamábeytamábeynamábeytanmábeyan
prospectiveV-affirmativebéeliyoh
béeyyoh		béelitoh
béettoh		béelehbéelehbéelinoh
béennoh		béelitoonuh
béettoonuh		béeloonuh
N-affirmativebéeliyo
béeyyo		béelito
béetto		béelebéelebéelino
béenno		béeliton
béetton		béelon
conjunctive IV-affirmativebéyuhbéyuhbéyuhbéyuhbéyuhbeytóonuhbeyóonuh
N-affirmativebéyubéyubéyubéyubéyubeytónbeyón
negativebée wáyuhbée wáytuhbée wáyuhbée wáytuhbée wáynuhbée waytóonuhbée wóonuh
conjunctive IIV-affirmativebeyánkehbeytánkehbeyánkehbeytánkehbeynánkehbeytaanánkehbeyaanánkeh
N-affirmativebeyánkebeytánkebeyánkebeytánkebeynánkebeytaanánkebeyaanánke
negativebée wáankehbée waytánkehbée wáankehbée waytánkehbée waynánkehbée waytaanánkehbée wáankeh
jussiveaffirmativebéyaybéyaybéyaybéyaybéyaybeytóonaybeyóonay
negativebée wáaybée wáytaybée wáaybée wáytaybée wáynaybée waytóonaybée wóonay
past
conditional		affirmativebeyinniyóybeyinnitóybeyinnáybeyinnáybeyinninóybeyinnitoonúybeyinnoonúy
negativebée wanniyóybée wannitóybée wannáybée wannáybée wanninóybée wannitoonúybée wanninoonúy
present
conditional I		affirmativebéekbeytékbéekbeytékbeynékbeyteeníkbeeník
negativebée wéekbée waytékbée wéekbée waytékbée waynékbée wayteeníkbée weeník
singularpluralsingularplural
consultativeaffirmativebeyóobeynóoimperativeaffirmativebéybéya
negativemabeyóomabeynóonegativemábeyinmábeyina
-h converb-i form-k converb-in(n)uh converb-innuk converbinfinitiveindefinite participle
V-focusN-focus
béyahbéyibéyakbeyínnuhbeyínnukbeyíyyabeyináanihbeyináan
Compound tenses
past perfectaffirmative perfective +perfective ofén orsugé
present perfectaffirmative perfective +imperfective ofén
future perfectaffirmative perfective +prospective ofsugé
past progressive-k converb +imperfective ofén orsugé
present progressiveaffirmative imperfect +imperfective ofén
future progressive-k converb +prospective ofsugé
immediate futureaffirmative conjunctive I +imperfective ofwée
imperfect potential Iaffirmative conjunctive I +imperfective oftakké
imperfect
potential II		affirmativeimperfective +-m +takké
negativebée +imperfective ofwée +-m +takké
perfect
potential		affirmativeperfective +-m +takké
negativebée +perfective ofwée +-m +takké
present
conditional II		affirmativeimperfective +object pronoun +tekkék
negativebée +perfective ofwée +object pronoun +tekkék
perfect
conditional		affirmativeperfective +imperfective ofsugé +-k
negativeperfective +sugé +imperfective ofwée-k
irrealisbée +perfective ofxaaxé orraaré

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bee”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London,→ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015)L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Äiwoo

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Verb

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bee

  1. (intransitive) togrow

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Aukan

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Etymology

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FromEnglishbelly.

Noun

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bee

  1. belly,stomach
  2. uterus,womb
  3. pregnancy
  4. lineage, family line

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Dumbea

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bee

  1. fish

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Estonian

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Noun

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bee (genitive[please provide],partitive[please provide])

  1. The name of theLatin-script letterB/b.

Finnish

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Etymology

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FromLatinbē.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bee

  1. The templateTemplate:Latn-def does not use the parameter(s):
    t=bee
    Please seeModule:checkparams for help with this warning.    The name of theLatin-script letterB/b.

Usage notes

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  • Speakers often use the corresponding forms ofb-kirjain(“letter B, letter b”) instead of inflecting this word, especially inplural.

Declension

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Inflection ofbee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominativebeebeet
genitivebeenbeiden
beitten
partitivebeetäbeitä
illativebeehenbeihin
singularplural
nominativebeebeet
accusativenom.beebeet
gen.been
genitivebeenbeiden
beitten
partitivebeetäbeitä
inessivebeessäbeissä
elativebeestäbeistä
illativebeehenbeihin
adessivebeelläbeillä
ablativebeeltäbeiltä
allativebeellebeille
essivebeenäbeinä
translativebeeksibeiksi
abessivebeettäbeittä
instructive—bein
comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms ofbee(Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singularplural
nominativebeenibeeni
accusativenom.beenibeeni
gen.beeni
genitivebeenibeideni
beitteni
partitivebeetänibeitäni
inessivebeessänibeissäni
elativebeestänibeistäni
illativebeehenibeihini
adessivebeellänibeilläni
ablativebeeltänibeiltäni
allativebeellenibeilleni
essivebeenänibeinäni
translativebeeksenibeikseni
abessivebeettänibeittäni
instructive——
comitative—beineni
second-person singular possessor
singularplural
nominativebeesibeesi
accusativenom.beesibeesi
gen.beesi
genitivebeesibeidesi
beittesi
partitivebeetäsibeitäsi
inessivebeessäsibeissäsi
elativebeestäsibeistäsi
illativebeehesibeihisi
adessivebeelläsibeilläsi
ablativebeeltäsibeiltäsi
allativebeellesibeillesi
essivebeenäsibeinäsi
translativebeeksesibeiksesi
abessivebeettäsibeittäsi
instructive——
comitative—beinesi
first-person plural possessor
singularplural
nominativebeemmebeemme
accusativenom.beemmebeemme
gen.beemme
genitivebeemmebeidemme
beittemme
partitivebeetämmebeitämme
inessivebeessämmebeissämme
elativebeestämmebeistämme
illativebeehemmebeihimme
adessivebeellämmebeillämme
ablativebeeltämmebeiltämme
allativebeellemmebeillemme
essivebeenämmebeinämme
translativebeeksemmebeiksemme
abessivebeettämmebeittämme
instructive——
comitative—beinemme
second-person plural possessor
singularplural
nominativebeennebeenne
accusativenom.beennebeenne
gen.beenne
genitivebeennebeidenne
beittenne
partitivebeetännebeitänne
inessivebeessännebeissänne
elativebeestännebeistänne
illativebeehennebeihinne
adessivebeellännebeillänne
ablativebeeltännebeiltänne
allativebeellennebeillenne
essivebeenännebeinänne
translativebeeksennebeiksenne
abessivebeettännebeittänne
instructive——
comitative—beinenne

Synonyms

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Fula

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.).

Particle

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bee(Pular)

  1. itmust, it is necessary that
    iggey yimbe bee bonnii taariinde nde no feewi.
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Hadza

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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bee f pl (masc.bami,masc. pluralbii,fem.bôko)

  1. they (fem. or mixed gender)

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Anonomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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bee

  1. baa(sound of asheep)
  2. (childish)a word expressing bragging and mockery between children

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Further reading

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  • bee in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ofimitative origin

Interjection

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bee

  1. baa (sound of a sheep)

References

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  1. ^Heinrich Keil, editor (1884),M. Terenti Varronis Rervm rvsticarvm libri tres, volume 1, Leipzig: Teubner,page136

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  • “bee”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bee inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Mandinka

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bee

  1. (anatomy)vagina

Manx

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Irishbíad(“food”). Cognate withIrishbia andScottish Gaelicbiadh.

Noun

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bee m (genitive singularbee,pluralbeeghyn)

  1. food
  2. provisions
  3. nourishment
  4. diet
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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bee

  1. inflection ofve:
    1. future
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Mutation

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Mutation ofbee
radicallenitioneclipsis
beeveemee

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

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bee

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishbēo, fromProto-West Germanic*biju, fromProto-Germanic*bijō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bee (pluralbeen orbees)

  1. Abee(insect that collects pollen)
    • a.1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Summoner's Tale”, inThe Canterbury Tales, lines1693–1696:
      Right so asbees out swarmen from an hyve, / Out of the develes ers ther gonne dryve / Twenty thousand freres on a route / And thurghout helle swarmed al aboute...
      Just likebees swarm from a hive / Out of the devil's arse there were driven / Twenty thousand friars on a rout / And throughout hell they swarmed all about...

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Navajo

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Pronunciation

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Postposition

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bee

  1. with,by means of, by means of it

Inflection

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Forms of bee
singularduoplural
1st personsheenihee
2nd personneenihee
3rd personbee
4th person (3o)yee
4th person (3a)hee
4th person (3i)ee—
reflexiveádee—
reciprocal—ahee

Old Irish

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Verb

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bee

  1. second-personsingularpresentsubjunctiveabsolute ofat·tá

Romanian

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Interjection

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bee

  1. Obsolete form ofbehehe.

References

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

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

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Noun

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bee

  1. ant

References

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  • López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012)Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.:Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages13, 25

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianbēthe, fromProto-Germanic*bai(“both”) +*sa(“the”). Cognates includeWest Frisianbeide andGermanbeide.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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bee

  1. both

Pronoun

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bee

  1. both

Usage notes

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  • When used pronominally referring to two people (rather than objects or animals), the pluralbeeën is used.

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “bee”, inSaterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske,→ISBN

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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bee

  1. Alternative form ofabee

Tetum

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bee

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Noun

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bee

  1. water(clear liquid H₂O)

Võro

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Noun

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bee (genitive[please provide],partitive[please provide])

  1. The name of theLatin-script letterB/b.

Inflection

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This noun needs aninflection-table template.

Yola

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishby, fromOld Englishbi, fromProto-West Germanic*bī. Cognates includeEnglishby andScotsby.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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bee

  1. by[1]

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bee

  1. Alternative form ofba(“to be”)
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page129, lines15[2]:
      Maabee haghed i more caar an angish than Ich."
      Maybe upset in more care and hardship than I."
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page131, lines13[2]:
      Wu canna gowbee chapaal gaat,
      We cannot goto the chapel gate
  2. Alternative form ofba(“are”)
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page131, lines1[2]:
      Haar weebee dhree yola mydes,
      Here weare three old maids,
  3. Alternative form ofba(“was”)
    • 1867,CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page114, lines21-23[1]:
      Ye pace——yea, we mai zei, ye vaste pace whilkebee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam,
      The peace——yes, we may say the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival,

References

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  1. ↑1.01.1Jacob 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, published1867,page25
  2. ↑2.02.12.2Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, inJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[2], volume17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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