different between abb vs abe

English

Etymology

From Middle English abb, from Old English ?web, ?b, ?web, from away + web (“warp thread”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Noun

abb (plural abbs)

1. A type of yarn for the warp.
2. A rough wool from the inferior parts of the fleece, used for the woof or weft. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
3. (Britain) A filling pick used in weaving.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• B.B.A., BBA, bab

Irish

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abbadh, nominative plural abbaí)

1. Obsolete spelling of ab (“abbot”)

Mutation

Livonian

Alternative forms

• a'b (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *api.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b/

Noun

abb

1. help

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ap, abb, from Latin abb?s, from Ancient Greek ????? (abbâs), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father”).

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abb, plural abbyn)

1. (Christianity) abbot

Old Irish

Noun

abb m

1. Alternative spelling of ap

Inflection

Mutation

Scots

Pronunciation

• (Orkney) IPA^(key): /ab/, /?b/

Noun

abb (plural abbs)

1. (countable) impediment, hindrance, objection

Verb

abb (third-person singular present abbs, present participle abbin, past abbt, past participle abbt)

1. to hinder

References

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Etymology

Probably a- +? be.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bi/

Verb

abe

1. (intransitive, infinitive, Britain, uncommon) To be.
   • 1839, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 527:

     Let it abe, I say.

References

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ?ISBN), page 3

Anagrams

• AEB, BAe, BEA, Bae, Bea, EAB, aeb, bae, eba

Abinomn

Noun

abe

1. elder sister

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??be/
• Hyphenation: a?be

Verb

abé

1. (transitive) do
2. (transitive) make
3. (transitive) operate
4. (transitive) execute

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “abe”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly related to avë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a?b?]

Noun

abe f (indefinite plural abe, definite singular abeja, definite plural abet)

1. shadow
2. (regional) spectre, phantasm
3. (regional) gracefulness
4. (colloquial) alphabet

Further reading

• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, ?ISBN, page 27 (abé)

Cimbrian

Etymology

The sense “south” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetian: vago zò a Roma (“I go south to Rome”, literally “I go down to Rome”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

abe (Sette Comuni)

1. down
2. south, down south

Synonyms

• abar, iidar

Antonyms

• au

Derived terms

• denaabe

References

• “abe” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?b?/, [?æ?b??]
• Rhymes: -a?b?

Etymology 1

From Old Norse api (“fool”).

Noun

abe c (singular definite aben, plural indefinite aber)

1. monkey
2. ape

Inflection

Synonyms

• abekat

Derived terms

• fjeldabe

Etymology 2

From Old Norse apa, from api (“fool”).

Verb

abe (imperative ab, infinitive at abe, present tense aber, past tense abede, perfect tense har abet)

1. mimic, ape

Synonyms

• abe efter
• efterabe

Kom (Cameroon)

Adverb

abe

1. outside (of)

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.be/

Verb

abe

1. may (to be allowed)

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?^[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Lun Bawang

Noun

abe

1. earring.

See also

• abey

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin avis, avem (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwis (“bird”).

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

1. bird

Picard

Etymology

From Old French arbre.

Noun

abe m (plural abes)

1. tree

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin apis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.b?/, [?a????]

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

1. bee

Further reading

• Abe on the Sardinian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sc

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bi?/

Verb

abe (third-person singular present abes, present participle abein, past abet, past participle abet)

1. to let alone, let be, leave undisturbed

References

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.