# bete
## English
### Verb

bete
* Obsolete spelling of beat.
* Obsolete spelling of beet.

### Anagrams

* Beet, beet

## Afrikaans
### Noun

bete
* plural of beet

## Basque
### Etymology

From Proto-Basque *bete.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /bete/, [be̞.t̪e̞]

### Verb

bete ? (imperfect participle betetzen, future participle beteko, short form bete, verbal noun betetze)
* to fill
* to satisfy
* to fulfill, carry out
* to fill in, fill out
* to expire, run out, exhaust (time)

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

bete
* (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of bijten

### Anagrams

* beet

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbeːtə]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Bavaria):(file)
* Homophones: Beete, Bete

### Verb

bete
* inflection of beten:
** first-person singular present
** singular imperative
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I

## Italian
### Noun

bete f
* plural of beta

### Anagrams

* Tebe

## Latin
### Verb

bēte
* second-person singular present active imperative of bētō

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Noun

bēte f
* bite

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: beet
* Limburgish: beet

### Further reading

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

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* beet

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeːt(ə)/

#### Noun

bete (plural betes)
* beet (plant of the genus Beta or its root or leaves)

##### Descendants

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

##### References

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bete
* Alternative form of beten (“to beat”)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

bete
* Alternative form of beten (“to fix”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

bete m
* beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
* bit; a portion of something.
* crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

bete m
* beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
* bit; a portion of something
* crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure

## Old English
### Verb

bete
* first-person singular present indicative of bētan

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* beta

### Verb

bete
* third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɛ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɛ.tɨ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
* Hyphenation: be‧te

### Verb

bete
* inflection of betar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe.te/

### Adjective

bete f pl or n pl
* feminine/neuter plural of beat

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse beita (“food, bait”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeːˌtɛ/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

bete n
* bait
    en råttfälla med ost som betea mousetrap with cheese as bait
    att använda en mask som beteto use a worm as bait
* grazing (feeding of livestock by letting them graze)
    släppa ut kor på beteput cows out to pasture [on grazing – idiomatic]
* pasturage (what livestock eat when out to pasture)

##### Derived terms

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

##### See also

* agn (“bait for fishing”)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeːˌtɛ/

#### Noun

bete c
* a tusk
    Elefanter och valrossar har betarElephants and walruses have tusks
    Narvalens horn är en tand, eller beteA [the] narwhal's horn is a tooth, or tusk

##### Derived terms

* (tusk): elefantbete

### Etymology 3

be- +‎ te (“appear”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛˈteː/

#### Verb

bete (present beter, preterite betedde, supine betett, imperative bete)
* (reflexive) to behave (oneself)
    Han beter sig välHe's behaving well

##### Related terms

* beteende

### References

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

## Ternate
### Etymology

Somehow related to Sahu ḇeiti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe.te/

### Noun

bete (Jawi بيتي)
* eddoe (Colocasia antiquorum)

#### Descendants

* → Gorontalo: bete

### References

* 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