besa

See also: besá, besà, bešā, and běsa

Albanian

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Noun

besa

  1. faith, keeping the promise.
  2. word of honor.

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: بسا (besa)

Asturian

Verb

besa

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛza

Verb

besa

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

Serbo-Croatian

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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