different between abe vs aye

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.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English aye, ai, a??, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiw? (“ever, always”) (compare Old English ?wo, ?wa, ?, ?, Middle Dutch ie, German je), from *aiwaz (“age; law”) (compare Old English ?(w) (“law”), West Frisian ieu (“century”), Dutch eeuw (“century”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eyu- (“long time”) (compare Irish aois (“age, period”), Breton oad (“age, period”), Latin ævum (“eternity”), Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n)). Doublet of aevum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?/
  • Rhymes: -e?
• (sometimes proscribed) IPA^(key): /a?/
  • Rhymes: -a?
  • Homophones: ay, eye, I

Adverb

aye (not comparable)

2. (archaic) ever, always
   • 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":

     The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, / And southward aye we fled.

   • 1863, Translation by Catherine Winkworth:

     Let the Amen sound from His people again; Gladly for aye we adore Him. (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:aye.

References

Etymology 2

"Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of aye (“ever, always”) as expression of agreement or affirmation, or from Middle English a ye (“oh yes”), or synthesis of both. More at oh, yea.

Alternative forms

• ay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?/
  • Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: ay, eye, I

Interjection

aye

1. yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.

Usage notes

• It is much used in Scotland, the north and Midlands of England, the northern counties of Ireland, North Wales, as well as in Australia and New Zealand (where it may follow rather than precede a statement). Also notably seen in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc., or in nautical contexts.

Synonyms

• yes
• yea

Antonyms

• nay
• no

Translations

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Noun

aye (plural ayes)

1. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.

   "To call for the ayes and nays;" "The ayes have it."

Synonyms

• yes

Translations

References

Etymology 3

Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??/, /æ??/

Interjection

aye

1. (MLE, regional African-American Vernacular) an attention grabber

   Synonyms: hey, oi, I say

Anagrams

• yae, yea

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi aye. Doublet of saya.

Pronoun

aye

1. (Jakarta, slang) First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my

Synonyms

Other pronouns with the same meaning used in Jakarta:

• gue, ogut

Other pronouns with the same meaning used elsewhere:

• aku (informal)
• ku
• daku (poetic)
• saya (formal)
• gua, gw (Java)
• hamba

Middle English

Noun

aye (plural ayer or ayren)

1. Alternative form of ei

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse ei, ey, cognate with Old English ?. See the etymology for the English word above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?/

Adverb

aye (not comparable)

1. always, still

Interjection

aye

1. yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question

Spanish

Noun

aye m (plural ayes)

1. whine; whining; whinging

Yoruba

Noun

ayé

1. world
2. life

Noun

àyè

1. chance, opportunity