wele

Bambara

Verb

wele

  1. to call
  2. to invite

Derived terms

  • welebaa
  • weleli
  • welewele

Fijian

Noun

wele

  1. indifference

Adjective

wele

  1. careless, unconcerned
  2. reckless (vakawelewele to specify connotative sense)
  3. neuter

Manipa

Noun

wele

  1. water

References

  • James T. Collins, The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia (1983), page 70

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English wela, from Proto-West Germanic *welō, *walō, from Proto-Germanic *walô. For more; see English weal.

Alternative forms

  • weole

Noun

wele

  1. prosperity; happiness; well-being
    • c. Late 14th Century, Pearl, Lines 340-343
      Ofte mony mon forgos þe mo. // Þe oȝte better þyseluen blesse // And love ay God in wele and wo, // For anger gaynez þe not a cresse;
Descendants
  • English: weal
  • Scots: weal, weel

Adverb

wele

  1. Alternative form of wel

Adjective

wele

  1. Alternative form of wel

Noun

wele

  1. Alternative form of whele (wheel)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wele in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)


Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈwe.le]

Verb

wele

  1. (transitive) to hang (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wele
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st towele fowele miwele
2nd nowele niwele
3rd Masculine owele iwele, yowele
Feminine mowele
Neuter iwele
- archaic

References

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

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

wele

  1. (literary) third-person singular imperative of gweld
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