# vete
## Albanian
### Etymology

Originally from *vemte (*vem suffixed with te), from the original form in Proto-Albanian *wadmi, from athematic Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (perhaps *weh₂dʰ-mi).
Also cognate to English wade (“to walk through water”), Old Armenian գամ (gam, “to come”), Latin vādō (“to go, walk”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvete/

### Verb

vete (aorist vajta, participle vajtur)
* (Tosk, Arbëresh) to go

#### Synonyms

* shkoj (more used and more formal)

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vete”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 502

### Further reading

* “vete”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* vede (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch vete, from Old Dutch *faitha, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈveː.tə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ve‧te

### Noun

vete f (plural vetes or veten, diminutive vetetje n)
* feud

#### Derived terms

* bloedvete
* vetewezen

## Estonian
### Noun

vete
* genitive plural of vesi

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse viti.

#### Alternative forms

* vite (unofficial)
* viti, veta, væta, vætæ, våtå, vata, vati (dialectal)

#### Noun

vete m (definite singular veten, indefinite plural vetar, definite plural vetane)
* a beacon
* a hilltop where a beacon stands or has stood

##### Derived terms

* jonsokvete
* krigsvete
* olsokvete
* syftesokvete
* vetefut
* vetehus
* vetemann
* vetesleg
* vetestove
* vetevakt
* vetevarde

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vete (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vetast, present participle vetande, imperative vet)
* Alternative form of vita

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

vete
* inflection of vetar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbete/ [ˈbe.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ete
* Syllabification: ve‧te

### Verb

vete
* second-person singular imperative of ir combined with te
* inflection of ver:
** second-person singular imperative combined with te
** second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te
* inflection of vetar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²veːtɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -²eːtɛ

#### Noun

vete n
* wheat

##### Derived terms

* vetemjöl (“wheat flour”)
* vetekli (“wheat bran”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (in certain phrases) /vɛtɛ/, /²veːtɛ/

#### Verb

vete
* (dated) subjunctive of veta

##### Derived terms

* det vete fan
* det vete gudarna

### References

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

### Anagrams

* teve