bebe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bebe"

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Noun

bebe

  1. woman

References
  • A Dumagat (Casiguran) - English Dictionary, Pacific Linguistics: Series C, No. 28 (as bébe)
  • ABVD (as bɨ'beq)
  • Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (as bə-be)

Fijian

Noun

bebe

  1. butterfly

Galician

Verb

bebe

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

German

Pronunciation
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Verb

bebe

  1. inflection of beben:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bébé (“baby”).

Noun

bebe

  1. baby

Interlingua

Noun

bebe

  1. baby

Synonyms

Makasar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛbɛ]

Noun

bebe (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨅᨙ)

  1. saliva

Derived terms

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese beber and Spanish beber and Kabuverdianu bebi.

Verb

bebe

  1. to drink

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.bi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.be/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.b(ɨ)/ [ˈbɛ.β(ɨ)]

Verb

bebe

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bébé and also influenced by English baby.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbe.be/, /beˈbe/

Noun

bebe m (uncountable)

  1. baby, infant

Declension
declension of bebe (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bebe bebeul
genitive/dative (unui) bebe bebeului
vocative bebeule
declension of bebe (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bebe bebele
genitive/dative (unui) bebe bebelui
vocative bebe

Synonyms

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbebe/ [ˈbe.β̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ebe
  • Syllabification: be‧be

Noun

bebe

  1. (Peru) baby
    Synonyms: bebé, wawa

Verb

bebe

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

Further reading

Ternate
bebe

Etymology

From Indonesian bebek.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbe.be]

Noun

bebe

  1. a duck

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tiruray

Noun

bebe

  1. grandchild

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /be.be/

Noun

bebe (definite accusative bebeyi, plural bebeler)

  1. (dialectal) child, kid

Declension
Inflection
Nominative bebe
Definite accusative bebeyi
Singular Plural
Nominative bebe bebeler
Definite accusative bebeyi bebeleri
Dative bebeye bebelere
Locative bebede bebelerde
Ablative bebeden bebelerden
Genitive bebenin bebelerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular bebem bebelerim
2nd singular beben bebelerin
3rd singular bebesi bebeleri
1st plural bebemiz bebelerimiz
2nd plural bebeniz bebeleriniz
3rd plural bebeleri bebeleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular bebemi bebelerimi
2nd singular bebeni bebelerini
3rd singular bebesini bebelerini
1st plural bebemizi bebelerimizi
2nd plural bebenizi bebelerinizi
3rd plural bebelerini bebelerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular bebeme bebelerime
2nd singular bebene bebelerine
3rd singular bebesine bebelerine
1st plural bebemize bebelerimize
2nd plural bebenize bebelerinize
3rd plural bebelerine bebelerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular bebemde bebelerimde
2nd singular bebende bebelerinde
3rd singular bebesinde bebelerinde
1st plural bebemizde bebelerimizde
2nd plural bebenizde bebelerinizde
3rd plural bebelerinde bebelerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular bebemden bebelerimden
2nd singular bebenden bebelerinden
3rd singular bebesinden bebelerinden
1st plural bebemizden bebelerimizden
2nd plural bebenizden bebelerinizden
3rd plural bebelerinden bebelerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular bebemin bebelerimin
2nd singular bebenin bebelerinin
3rd singular bebesinin bebelerinin
1st plural bebemizin bebelerimizin
2nd plural bebenizin bebelerinizin
3rd plural bebelerinin bebelerinin

West Makian

Etymology

Reduplication of be (“water”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /be.ˈbe/

Verb

bebe

  1. (transitive, informal) to drink
    Synonym: joube (polite)

Conjugation
Conjugation of bebe (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tebebe mebebe abebe
2nd person nebebe febebe
3rd person inanimate ibebe debebe
animate
imperative nebebe, bebe febebe, bebe

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as bebé)
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