bete

Verb

bete

1. Obsolete spelling of beat.
2. Obsolete spelling of beet.

Anagrams

• Beet, beet

Noun

bete

1. plural of beet

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *bete.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /bete/, [be̞.t̪e̞]

Verb

bete ? (imperfect participle betetzen, future participle beteko, short form bete, verbal noun betetze)

1. to fill
2. to satisfy
3. to fulfill, carry out
4. to fill in, fill out
5. to expire, run out, exhaust (time)

Further reading

• “bete”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “bete”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Pronunciation

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Verb

bete

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of bijten

Anagrams

• beet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtə]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Bavaria):

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• Homophones: Beete, Bete

Verb

bete

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

Noun

bete f

1. plural of beta

Anagrams

• Tebe

Verb

bēte

1. second-person singular present active imperative of bētō

Etymology

From Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.

Noun

bēte f

1. bite

Further reading

• “bete (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bete (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Etymology 1

Despite the gap in attestation, apparently inherited from Old English bēte, from Proto-West Germanic *bētā, from Latin bēta, of unknown origin.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Noun

bete m

1. beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
2. bit; a portion of something.
3. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure.

Noun

bete m

1. beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
2. bit; a portion of something
3. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure

Verb

bete

1. first-person singular present indicative of bētan

Alternative forms

• beta

Verb

bete

1. third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: be‧te

Verb

bete

1. inflection of betar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.te/

Adjective

bete f pl or n pl

1. feminine/neuter plural of beat

Etymology 1

From Old Norse beita (“food, bait”).

Etymology 2

Related to bita (“to bite”). Also see Icelandic biti.

Etymology 3

be- +‎ te (“appear”)

References

• bete in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bete in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Etymology

Somehow related to Sahu ḇeiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.te/

Noun

bete (Jawi بيتي)

1. eddoe (Colocasia antiquorum)

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