# ve
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian вэ (vɛ).

#### Noun

ve (plural ves)
* 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. In 1970, Varda One proposed ve, vis and objective ver in a feminist article titled "Manglish." Greg Egan used the pronouns throughout the novels Distress (1995) and Diaspora (1998).

#### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /vi/
* Homophones: V, v, vee
* Rhymes: -iː

#### Pronoun

ve (third-person singular, nominative case, accusative ver, possessive adjective vis, possessive noun vers, reflexive verself)
* (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

* see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

ve
* 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

* ve haf vays of making you talk

### References

* ↑ Philologus. “Notes and Queries: An Epicene Personal Pronoun Needed.” The Ladies’ Repository, July 1864, p. 439. Archived here
* ↑ Verda One. “Manglish.” Everywoman, 8 May 1970, p. 2.

### Anagrams

* E.V., EV, Ev, eV, μeV

## Äiwoo
### Etymology

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

### Verb

ve
* 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), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”). Orel, citing Bopp, Camarda and Çabej, argues the Old Albanian word descends from a borrowing from Latin ōvum. The PIE etymology was earlier supported by Norbert Jokl.

#### Alternative forms

* vo — Gheg, vø — Shkodër
* vö — Arbëresh

#### Noun

ve f (plural ve, definite veja, definite plural vetë)
* egg
    Synonym: vezë

##### Hyponyms

* ve fërgesë (“fried egg”)
* ve peshku (“fish roe”)
* ve surbull (“soft-boiled egg”)
* ve llukë (“rotten egg”)

##### Derived terms

* vej
* vemje
* veth
* vezë

### Etymology 2

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

#### Alternative forms

* vejë

#### Adjective

i ve
* widowed

#### Noun

ve f (plural va)
* widow, widower
    Synonyms: vejanë, vejushë

##### Derived terms

* vejan
* vejëri
* vejëroj
* vejme
* vejni
* vejnoj
* vejushë

### References

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

## Arigidi
### Etymology

Possibly related to Yoruba rè

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vè/

### Verb

vè
* 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

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbe]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈve]
* Rhymes: -e

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ve f (plural ves)
* 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

* ve baixa
* ve doble

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ve
* third-person singular present indicative of venir

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛ]
* Audio:(file)

### Preposition

ve
* 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

* IPA: /veːˀ/, [ˈʋeːˀ]
* Rhymes: -eːˀ

### Noun

ve (singular definite veen, plural indefinite veer)
* pain
* contraction of labour, birth pang

#### Further reading

* “ve” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “ve” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## East Masela
### Noun

ve
* water

### References

* Taber, M. (1993). Toward a better understanding of the indigenous languages of southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics. 32:2. pp. 389-441. Cited in: "East Masela" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## 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

* IPA: [ve]
* Hyphenation: ve
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

ve
* alas, woe

## Faroese
### Etymology

Ultimately, from Latin vē.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /veː/

### Noun

ve n (genitive singular ves, plural ve)
* The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

#### Synonyms

* (archaic) vaff, vavv

### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

## French
### Noun

v$^e$ (plural v$^{es}$)
* Abbreviation of veuve.

## Galician
### Verb

ve
* inflection of ver:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French ver (“worm”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ve/

### Noun

ve
* worm

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ve/, /vɛ/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Interjection

ve
* 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)
* The name of the Latin script letter V/v.

##### See also

* Latin script letter names: literi: a · be · ce · che · de · e · fe · ge · he · i · je · ke · le · me · ne · o · pe · que · re · se · she · te · u · ve · we · xe · ye · ze

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch vee.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛ/, [ˈfɛ]

### Noun

vè (plural ve-ve)
* The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

#### Synonyms

* vi (Standard Malay)

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

### Further reading

* “ve” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ve/
* Rhymes: -e
* Hyphenation: ve

### Pronoun

ve
* 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

| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Combined | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | mi, m', -mi | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | — |
| Singular | second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | ti, t', -ti | ti, t', -ti | te | te | — | — |
| Singular | third | m | lui | si$^2$, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se$^2$ | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Singular | third | f | lei, Lei$^1$ | si$^2$, s', -si | la, La$^1$, l', L'$^1$, -la, -La$^1$ | le$^3$, Le$^1$, -le$^3$, -Le$^1$ | glie, se$^2$ | lei, Lei$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ci, c', -ci | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | — |
| Plural | second | — | voi, Voi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | ve | voi, Voi$^4$ | — | — |
| Plural | third | m | loro, Loro$^1$ | si, s', -si | li, Li$^1$, -li, -Li$^1$ | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro$^1$ | glie, se | loro, Loro$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Plural | third | f | loro, Loro$^1$ | si, s', -si | le, Le$^1$, -le, -Le$^1$ | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro$^1$ | glie, se | loro, Loro$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| $^1$ | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. |
| $^3$ | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | 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). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). |

## Japanese
### Romanization

ve
* Rōmaji transcription of ゔぇ
* Rōmaji transcription of ゑ゙
* Rōmaji transcription of ヴェ
* Rōmaji transcription of ヹ

## Lahu
### Particle

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

## Mandarin
### Romanization

ve
* 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
* Alternative form of we (“we”)

## Neapolitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ve/
* Rhymes: -e

### Pronoun

ve
* you (formal or plural, reflexive or dative or accusative)

#### Coordinate terms
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

ve n (definite singular veet, indefinite plural ve, definite plural vea)
* (historical, in Norse times) holy place, place of offering

##### Derived terms

* varg i veum

##### Related terms

Male given names:
* Veald
* Vebjørn
* Vebode
* Vebrand
* Vee (Vée)
* Vefast
* Vefrød
* Vefus
* Vegard
* Vegaut
* Vegeir
* Vegisl, Vegils
* Vegjest
* Vegrim
* Vekjell, Vekjetil
* Veleiv
* Vemund
* Venjot
* Veor
* Veord
* Veorm
* Vesete
* Vestein
* Vetorm
* Veulv
* Veurd
Female given names:
* Vebjørg
* Vedis
* Veelv
* Vefrid
* Vefrøya
* Vegjerd
* Vegunn
* Velaug
* Veny
* Veråd

### Etymology 2

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

#### Interjection

ve
* woe!

##### Related terms

* våla

### 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)
* birth pang
    Synonym: (føde)ri
* pain, longing
    ve og vel ― welfare (literally, “pain and wellness”)

##### Derived terms

* fødselsve

### References

* “ve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Noun

ve f (plural ves)
* vee (the letter v, V)

#### Derived terms

* ve dobla

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀯𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* वे (Devanagari script)
* ৰে (Bengali script)
* වෙ (Sinhalese script)
* ဝေ (Burmese script)
* เว (Thai script)
* ᩅᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ເວ (Lao script)
* វេ (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

See va.

### Noun

ve
* locative singular of va (“letter 'v'”)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Adverb

ve (Cyrillic spelling ве)
* (Kajkavian) now
    Synonym: sada

## Slovene
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋéː/

### Pronoun

vẹ̑
* you (feminine and neuter plural, more than two)
* (formal) you (feminine and neuter singular)

#### Inflection
### See also
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe/ [ˈbe]
* Rhymes: -e
* Syllabification: ve
* Homophone: be

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ve f (plural ves)
* The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
    Synonyms: uve, ve corta

##### Derived terms

* doble ve
* ve baja
* ve chica
* ve de vaca
* ve doble

##### References
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ve
* inflection of ver:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
** second-person singular voseo imperative

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

ve
* second-person singular imperative of ir

##### Usage notes

* The voseo imperative of ir is typically replaced with the imperative of andar, that is andá.

### References

* ↑ “Spanish from Argentina: That Voseo Thing”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2015 October 9 (last accessed)

### Further reading

* “ve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## 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

* IPA: /veː/
* Rhymes: -eː
* Homophone: V (the letter)

### Interjection

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

#### Derived terms

* veklaga
* veklagan
* vemod
* verop

#### Related terms

* väl och ve

### References

* ve in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
* ve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
* ve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* ev.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈve/ [ˈvɛ]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ˈbe/ [ˈbɛ]
* Rhymes: -e
* Syllabification: ve

### Noun

ve (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ)
* (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter V/v, in the Abecedario
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) vi

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ve/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

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

### Etymology 2

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

#### Conjunction

ve
* and

##### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [vɛ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [vɛ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [vɛ˧˧] ~ [jɛ˧˧]
* Homophone: de

### Etymology 1

Attested as ue in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).
Probably onomatopoeic, from the cry of the cicada.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “do the "cicada" and "tick" senses have a common etymology?”)

#### Noun

(classifier con) ve • (蟡, 爲, 為) (phonemic reduplicative ve ve)
* cicada
    Synonym: ve sầu
* tick

##### Derived terms

* ve bét
* ve chó

### 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)
* small bottle or jar
* (only in compounds) glass (substance)

##### Derived terms

* bi ve
* ve chai

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

ve • (𢠿)
* (chiefly in compounds) to flirt

##### Derived terms

* ve vãn