besa

See also: besá, besà, bešā, and běsa

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbesa/
  • Rhymes: -esa

Etymology 1

From besë (faith). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Interjection

besa

  1. (colloquial) really, to tell the truth

References

  • “bésa”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 126a

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

besa

  1. definite nominative singular of besë

Asturian

Verb

besa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of besar
  2. second-person singular imperative of besar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

besa

  1. inflection of besar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Albanian besë.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /běːsa/
  • Hyphenation: be‧sa

Noun

bésa f (Cyrillic spelling бе́са)

  1. oath, pledge, word of honour among Albanians
    Synonym: závet
  2. truce, peace treaty between two clans in a blood feud
Declension

References

  • besa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • besa”, in Rečnik – Fjalor, 2019

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

besa (Cyrillic spelling беса)

  1. genitive singular of bes

Sotho

Verb

besa

  1. to roast

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbesa/ [ˈbe.sa]
  • Rhymes: -esa
  • Syllabification: be‧sa

Verb

besa

  1. inflection of besar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Sahu besa'a. Equivalent to N- (nominalizer) + fesa (wet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbe.sa/

Noun

besa (Jawi بيس)

  1. rain
    besa fofuraia drizzle, a drizzling rain

Verb

besa (Jawi بيس)

  1. (impersonal) to rain
    besa uait's not raining

Conjugation

Conjugation of besa
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobesa fobesa mibesa
2nd nobesa nibesa
3rd Masculine obesa ibesa, yobesa
Feminine mobesa
Neuter ibesa
- archaic

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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