belebele

Akan

Noun

belebele (Twi)

1. egret

References

• LearnAkan (2018–present), “egret”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)

Rukai

Etymology

From Proto-Rukai *bələbələ, from Proto-Austronesian *bəNbəN.

Noun

belebele

1. banana

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.l̪eˈbe.l̪e/

Verb

belebele

1. (stative) to be soft
2. (stative) to be weak

   Synonym: berebere

3. (stative) to be going or moving slowly

Conjugation

Conjugation of belebele (stative verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tibelebele	mibelebele	abelebele
2nd person		nibelebele	fibelebele
3rd person	inanimate	ibelebele	dibelebele
	animate	mabelebele
imperative		—, belebele	—, belebele

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics