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Translingual

Symbol

ve

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

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian вэ (vɛ).

Noun

ve (plural ves)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

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

Etymology 3

Pronoun

ve

  1. Pronunciation spelling of we.
    • 1872, Charles Camden, “The Travelling Menagerie”, in George Mac Donald, editor, Good Words for the Young, London: Strahan & Co., […], chapter V (A Tiger Hunt in England), page 208, column 1:
      Ve vill go to de Sheafen Farm, and ve vill stay at de Sheafen Farm, is it not?
    • 2000 July 8, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “The Yule Ball”, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter; 4), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 363:
      But ve have grounds larger even than these – though in vinter, ve have very little daylight, so ve are not enjoying them.
    • 2011, Roberta C. M. DeCaprio, chapter 9, in A Rose in Amber, Wild Rose Press, →ISBN:
      “My calculations predict another day or so. Ve vill be docking in Liverpool.”
    • 2016, Sara Buttsworth, Maartje Abbenhuis, War, Myths, and Fairy Tales - Page 103:
      In Johnny Canuck, a Nazi guard says: “Look, gentlemen of der turd reich. Ve haf captured Johnny Canuck and all his friends.”
Derived terms

References

  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

Aiwoo

Etymology

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

Verb

ve

  1. to buy

References

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

Albanian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Adjective

i ve

  1. widowed

Noun

ve f (plural va)

  1. widow, widower
    Synonyms: vejanë, vejushë
Derived terms

References

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

Arigidi

Etymology

Possibly related to Yoruba rè

Pronunciation

Verb

vè

  1. to go

Derived terms

  • àvè (“the act of going”)

References

  • 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 (2011 December) A Reference Grammar of Arigidi, Montem Paperbacks, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ve f (plural ves)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
Usage notes
  • 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

Etymology 2

Verb

ve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of venir

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛ]
  • audio:(file)

Preposition

ve

  1. Alternative form of v (“in”)

Usage notes

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

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ve (singular definite veen, plural indefinite veer)

  1. pain
  2. contraction of labour, birth pang

Declension

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

Further reading

East Masela

Noun

ve

  1. water

References

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Interjection

ve

  1. alas, woe

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately, from Latin vē.

Pronunciation

Noun

ve n (genitive singular ves, plural ve)

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

Declension

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

See also

French

Noun

ve (plural ves)

  1. Abbreviation of veuve.

Galician

Verb

ve

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French ver (“worm”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ve

  1. worm

Ido

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Interjection

ve

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

Etymology 2

From v +‎ -e.

Noun

ve (plural ve-i)

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch vee.

Pronunciation

Noun

vè

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

Synonyms

  • vi (Standard Malay)

See also

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ve

  1. Alternative form of vi (“to you”)
    Ve lo consiglio ― I recommend it (to you)
    Ve ne ne sarei molto grato ― It would be nice of you

Usage notes

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

See also

Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Combined 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

Romanization

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

Particle

ve

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

Mandarin

Romanization

ve

  1. Nonstandard spelling of vê̄.

Usage notes

  • 《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. In the case of V, it is defined as ㄪㄝ, using the otherwise-obsolete initial ㄪ (vō /⁠v⁠/). This is one of the only instances of the letter being used in standard Pinyin.
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. ㄝ (/⁠ɛ⁠/) typically only occurs in syllables with an initial glide (e.g. ㄧㄝ (-ie /⁠i̯ɛ⁠/)), where it is romanized as e. When it occurs in syllables without an initial glide, however, it is romanized as ê in order to distinguish it from ㄜ (-e /⁠ɤ⁠/). Such instances are rare, and are only found in interjections or neologisms.
  • 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

Pronoun

ve

  1. Alternative form of we (“we”)

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ve

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

Coordinate terms

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. (historical, in Norse times) holy place, place of offering
Derived terms

Male given names:

Female given names:

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

ve

  1. woe!

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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

References

Occitan

Noun

ve f (plural ves)

  1. vee (the letter v, V)

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

ve (Cyrillic spelling ве)

  1. (Kajkavian) now
    Synonym: sada

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

vẹ̑

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

Inflection

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

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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ve f (plural ves)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
    Synonyms: uve, ve corta
Derived terms
References


Etymology 2

Verb

ve

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

Etymology 3

Verb

ve

  1. second-person singular imperative of ir
Usage notes
  • The voseo imperative of ir is typically replaced with the imperative of andar, that is andá.[1]

References

  1. ^ “Spanish from Argentina: That Voseo Thing”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2015 October 9 (last accessed)

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

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

Interjection

ve

  1. woe, pity you!
    ve dig!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    ack och ve!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

ve n

  1. woe, misery
    ditt väl och ve
    your weal and woe, your fortune and misery, (idiomatically) your welfare / well-being
    Ve och fasa!
    Woe and horror! (Horror of horrors!)

Declension

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

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ve, the Spanish name of the letter V/v.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ve

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

Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

ve

  1. and
See also

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

(classifier con) ve • (蟡, 為)

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

See also

Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Often considered to be from French verre (“glass (substance); objects made of glass”). It is attested in P.J. Pigneaux's version of the Dictionarium anamitico-latinum (1772). There's also the word ue in đạn ue attested in de Rhodes (1651), glossed in Portuguese as munição, are these related? It did seem to tangle with verre in later period, but was the relationship between the two words genetic or contamination?”

Noun

ve • (䃣, 𡐮)

  1. small bottle or jar
  2. (only in compounds) glass (substance)
See also
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

ve • (𢠿)

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