-be

See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Chichewa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɓe/

Suffix

-be

  1. Used only for the verb -li ndi (“to have”) to form the negative.
    Alibe banja.
    He does not have a family.
  2. still, nevertheless (used as a clitic at the end of a verb)
    Sindinapitebe ku sukulu.
    I still have not gone to school.

Hungarian

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
edsuffixwho?what?thisthathe/she
(it)*
case v. pr.c.
nom.–kimiezaző* / -∅
az / -∅		––
acc.-t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt		kitmiteztaztőt* / -∅
azt / -∅		–c1
c2
dat.-nak / -nekkinekminekennekannaknekineki-c
ins.-val / -velkivelmivelezzel/
evvel		azzal/
avval		velec
c-f.-értkiértmiértezértazértérte–c
tra.-vá / -vékivémivéezzéazzá––c
ter.-ig–meddigeddigaddig––c
e-f.-ként(kiként)(miként)ekkéntakként––c
e-m.-ul / -ül––––––c
ine.-ban / -benkibenmibenebbenabbanbenne–c
sup.-n/-on/-en/-önkinminezenazonrajta(rajta-)c
ade.-nál / -nélkinélminélennélannálnála–c
ill.-ba / -bekibemibeebbeabbabelebele-c
sub.-ra / -rekiremireerrearrarárá-c
all.-hoz/-hez/-hözkihezmihezehhezahhozhozzáhozzá-c
el.-ból / -bőlkibőlmibőlebbőlabbólbelőle–c
del.-ról / -rőlkirőlmirőlerrőlarrólróla–c
abl.-tól / -tőlkitőlmitőlettőlattóltőle–c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɛ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -bɛ

Suffix

-be

  1. (illative case suffix) Front-vowel variant of -ba. See details there.
    kert (“garden”) → a kertbe (“into the garden”)
  2. Eye dialect spelling of -ben.

Usage notes
  • (illative case suffix) Variants:
    -ba is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    alma (“apple”) → Beleharapott egy almába. ― He/she has bitten into an apple.
    -be is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    zene (“music”) → Variációkat dolgoztunk bele a zenébe. ― We worked variations into the music.
   Hungarian case suffixes
Case Back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú		 Front vowel
unrounded
e, é, i, í		 rounded
ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative —
accusative -t
-ot / -at -et -öt
dative -nak -nek
instrumental -val -vel
causal-final -ért
translative -vá -vé
terminative -ig
essive-formal -ként
essive-modal -ul -ül
inessive -ban -ben
superessive -n
-on -en -ön
adessive -nál -nél
illative -ba -be
sublative -ra -re
allative -hoz -hez -höz
elative -ból -ből
delative -ról -ről
ablative -tól -től
Note for all endings:
Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.
    alma — almában, but almaként
    zene ― zenében, but zeneként

See also
  • Category:Hungarian terms taking -ba/-be
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto -be and Nüpode Huitoto -be.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [-bɛ]

Classifier

-be

  1. Classifier for leaf-shaped objects.

Derived terms
Murui Huitoto terms suffixed with -be

References
  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 194

Tswana

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɪ/

Adjective

-be

  1. bad, evil
  2. ugly

Declension
Class Singular Plural
1 / 2 o mobe ba babe
3 / 4 o mobe e mebe
5 / 6 le lebe a mabe
7 / 8 se sebe di mpe (pred.)
tse mpe (attr.)
9 / 10 e mpe di mpe (pred.)
tse mpe (attr.)
11 lo lobe
14 bo bobe
15 go gobe
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