# bele
## Basque
### Etymology

932; from Proto-Basque *beLe, from *bel- (“black, dark”) (compare beltz).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bele/ [be.le]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ele, -e
* Hyphenation: be‧le

### Noun

bele anim
* crow

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “bele”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “bele”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From bela (“beautiful”) +‎ -e.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

bele
* beautifully

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɛlɛ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: be‧le
* Rhymes: -lɛ

### Etymology 1

Lexicalization of the noun bel (a variant of bél) + -e.

#### Alternative forms

* belé, beléje (folksy)

#### Pronoun

bele
* in/into him/her/it
    Tegyél még bele egy kis cukrot. ― Add more sugar to it.
    Szerelmes bele. ― He is in love with her.
    Ez majd bátorságot önt bele. ― This will instill courage into him.

##### Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with bele-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see bele-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

##### Related terms

* -ban / -ben
* -ba / -be
* be → be-
* bel-
* bele (belé, beléje)
* -beli (-béli)
* beljebb (bellebb)
* bellebbez (beljebbez)
* belőle
* belső (benső)
* belül (belől, bévül)
* benne
* bennünket, -eteket
* bent (benn)
* bél (and archaic bel)
* -ból / -ből

#### See also

* Appendix:Hungarian pronouns
$^1$Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns /

### Etymology 2

bél (“intestines”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

#### Noun

bele
* third-person singular single-possession possessive of bél

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

### Further reading

* bele in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* bele in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Isthmus Zapotec
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbèlːè]

### Noun

bele
* Alternative form of beḻe

## Lindu
### Noun

bele
* can
* a kind of kerosene lamp

## Middle English
### Adjective

bele
* Alternative form of bel

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* belle

### Adjective

bele
* feminine nominative/oblique singular of biau

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Lesser Poland):
** (Kielce) IPA: /ˈbɛ.lɛ/

### Particle

bele
* (Kielce) Alternative form of byle

### Further reading

* Jan Łoś (1886) “belejaki”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 182

## Sahu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /be.le/

### Noun

bele
* banana
    Synonym: koi
* plantain

### References

* Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

## Salar
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oghuz *beyle. Cognate with Azerbaijani belə, Gagauz bölä, Turkish böyle, Turkmen beýle.

### Pronunciation

* (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA: /pele/

### Adverb

bele
* since
    Puldırdan bele a(niği) abası heli yarağur cañnamış.His father has earned a lot of money since last year.
* here, this way
    Bele gel!Come here!

#### Derived terms

* beligi (“like this”)

#### Related terms

* ele (“there, that way”)
* ele-bele

### References

* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “bele”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 51
* Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “bele”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 442, 443
* Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “bele”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 39
* 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “bele”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 66

## Serbo-Croatian
### Adjective

bele
* inflection of beo:
** masculine accusative plural
** feminine genitive singular
** feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

### Verb

bele (Cyrillic spelling беле)
* third-person plural present of beleti

### Verb

bele (Cyrillic spelling беле)
* third-person plural present of beliti

## Tetum
### Etymology

Akin to Malay boleh.

### Verb

bele
* can, to be able

## Tumbuka
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

### Noun

bele class 5 (plural mabele class 6)
* breast

## Turkish
### Noun

bele
* dative singular of bel

## Volapük
### Noun

bele
* dative singular of bel

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *belau̯ū. Further origin unsettled, but sometimes compared to Latin feles (“cat”); Mallory & Adams derive both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“marten, wildcat”).

### Noun

bele m (plural belaod)
* marten

### Mutation

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

### References

* Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2016) “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎, retrieved 31 December 2024
* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “belau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
* ↑ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 371

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe.l̪e/

### Verb

bele
* (stative) to be hungry
    de ti bele ― I am hungry

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics