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

2. 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;

Related terms

• weleful
• welthe
• wely

Descendants

• English: weal
• Scots: weal, weel

Etymology 2

Adverb

wele

1. Alternative form of wel

Adjective

wele

1. Alternative form of wel

Etymology 3

Noun

wele

1. Alternative form of whel (“wheel”)

References

• “wele”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.lɛ/

Preposition

wele

1. (Kuyavia) Alternative form of wedle (“next to, near, beside”)

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “wele”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 278

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

• gweled

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛlɛ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈweːlɛ/, /ˈwɛlɛ/

Verb

wele

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

Yoruba

Etymology

Perhaps related to Olukumi gwẹ́lẹ́

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wé.lē/

Verb

wéle

1. (Ekiti) to follow

   Synonym: tẹ̀lé