ве

From Proto-Mordvinic *vej, from Proto-Uralic *üje (“night”). Cognates include Finnish yö, Estonian öö, Livonian īe, Northern Sami idja, Inari Sami ijjâ, Udmurt уй (uj), Komi-Zyrian вой (voj), Southern Mansi йӣ (jī), Hungarian éj.

ве • (ve)

1. night

   веть, вене ― veť , veńe ― at night

   • 1999, Chislav Zhuravlev, Arsemat dy yozhot, page 66:

     Иля пеле чопода веде, пельть чопода тевде.

     Iľa peľe čopoda veďe , peľť čopoda ťevďe.

     Don't be afraid of dark nights, but of dark deeds.

From earlier *vej, from Proto-Mordvinic *vəjkä (see there for more).

ве • (ve)

1. one

   Synonym: вейке (vejke)

   весть ― vesť ― once (literally, “one time”)

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 15:

     I ki saiďanzat tońt viese moľme ve valgeibe, moľt martonzo kavto.

     If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.

2. (colloquial) only

   Synonym: ансяк (anśak)

   Ве мон сынь.

   Ve mon siń.

   Only I came.

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ве”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
• Entry #130 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Entry #145 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

• IPA^(key): [vɛ]

ве • (ve)

1. Short direct object form of вие (vie).

From Proto-Mordvinic *vej, from Proto-Uralic *üje. Cognates include Erzya ве (ve).

• IPA^(key): /ˈve/
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ве

ве • (ve)

1. night

• V. I. Shchankina (1993) “ве”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 25