bete

bete

1. Obsolete spelling of beat.
2. Obsolete spelling of beet.

• Beet, beet

bete

1. plural of beet

From Proto-Basque *bete.

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• IPA^(key): /bete/, [be̞.t̪e̞]

bete ? (imperfect participle betetzen, future participle beteko, short form bete, verbal noun betetze)

1. to fill
2. to satisfy
3. to fulfill, carry out
4. to fill in, fill out
5. to expire, run out, exhaust (time)

• “bete”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “bete”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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bete

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of bijten

• beet

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtə]

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• Homophones: Beete, Bete

bete

1. inflection of beten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

bete f

1. plural of beta

• Tebe

bēte

1. second-person singular present active imperative of bētō

From Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.

bēte f

1. bite

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: beet
• Limburgish: beet

• “bete (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bete (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Despite the gap in attestation, apparently inherited from Old English bēte, from Proto-West Germanic *bētā, from Latin bēta, of unknown origin.

• beet

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːt(ə)/

bete (plural betes)

1. beet (plant of the genus Beta or its root or leaves)

• English: beet
  • → Chickasaw: (from the plural) biits
  • → Hawaiian: piki
  • → Maori: pīti

• “bẹ̄te, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

bete

1. Alternative form of beten (“to beat”)

bete

1. Alternative form of beten (“to fix”)

bete m

1. beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
2. bit; a portion of something.
3. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure.

bete m

1. beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
2. bit; a portion of something
3. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure

bete

1. first-person singular present indicative of bētan

• beta

bete

1. third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: be‧te

bete

1. inflection of betar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.te/

bete f pl or n pl

1. feminine/neuter plural of beat

From Old Norse beita (“food, bait”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/

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bete n

1. bait

   en råttfälla med ost som bete

   a mousetrap with cheese as bait

   att använda en mask som bete

   to use a worm as bait

2. grazing (feeding of livestock by letting them graze)

   släppa ut kor på bete

   put cows out to pasture [on grazing – idiomatic]

3. pasturage (what livestock eat when out to pasture)

• (bait): beta
• (grazing): beta, betesmark (“pasture”), grönbete

• agn (“bait for fishing”)

Related to bita (“to bite”). Also see Icelandic biti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/

bete c

1. a tusk

   Elefanter och valrossar har betar

   Elephants and walruses have tusks

   Narvalens horn är en tand, eller bete

   A [the] narwhal's horn is a tooth, or tusk

• (tusk): elefantbete

be- +‎ te (“appear”)

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈteː/

bete (present beter, preterite betedde, supine betett, imperative bete)

1. (reflexive) to behave (oneself)

   Han beter sig väl

   He's behaving well

• beteende

• bete in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bete in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Somehow related to Sahu ḇeiti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.te/

bete (Jawi بيتي)

1. eddoe (Colocasia antiquorum)

• → Gorontalo: bete

• 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