veve

See also: véve and vevé

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Haitian Creole vèvè, from Portuguese viver (“to live”).

Noun

veve (plural veves)

  1. (voodoo) Any of various symbols, like line diagrams, that have religious significance in voodoo, serving as a representation of the loa. [from 20th c.]
    • 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 69:
      The vever, as a cabbala-like method of invoking the gods, was included as a primary ceremonial device in Rada.
    • 1995, Robert Farris Thompson, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 103:
      The vèvè for Simbi, lord of healing, bristles with all sorts of allusions to the Kongo medicines of God, leaves, horns, water, and stars.
    • 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 15:
      The indigenous practice of sand painting was preserved in the practice of creating vévés, intricate drawings in cornmeal that were used to call various spirits.

Ewe

Adjective

veve

  1. bitter

Guaraní

Etymology

Compare Old Tupi bebé.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋeˈʋe/

Noun

veve

  1. flight

Verb

veve

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Conjugation

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    Conjugation of veve
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive		 1st person
exclusive		 2nd person 3rd person
active
indicative che aveve nde reveve ha'e oveve ñande javeve ore roveve peẽ peveve ha'ekuéra oveve/oveve hikuái
hortative taveve che tereveve nde toveve ha'e tajaveve ñande taroveve ore tapeveve peẽ toveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - eveve - - - peveve -
passive
indicative che ajeveve nde rejeveve ha'e ojeveve ñande jajeveve ore rojeveve peẽ pejeveve ha'ekuéra ojeveve/ojeveve hikuái
hortative tajeveve che terejeveve nde tojeveve ha'e tajajeveve ñande tarojeveve ore tapejeveve peẽ tojeveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - ejeveve - - - pejeveve -
reciprocal
indicative - - - ñande jajoveve ore rojoveve peẽ pejoveve ha'ekuéra ojoveve/ojoveve hikuái
hortative - - - tajajoveve ñande tarojoveve ore tapejoveve peẽ tojoveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - - - - - pejoveve -
coactive
indicative che amboveve nde remboveve ha'e omboveve ñande ñamboveve ore romboveve peẽ pemboveve ha'ekuéra omboveve/omboveve hikuái
hortative tamboveve che teremboveve nde tomboveve ha'e tañamboveve ñande taromboveve ore tapemboveve peẽ tomboveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - emboveve - - - pemboveve -
objective
indicative che aroveve/agueroveve nde reroveve/regueroveve ha'e oroveve/ogueroveve ñande jaroveve/jagueroveve ore roroveve/rogueroveve peẽ peroveve/pegueroveve ha'ekuéra oroveve/ogueroveve//oroveve/ogueroveve hikuái
hortative taroveve/tagueroveve che tereroveve/teregueroveve nde toroveve/togueroveve ha'e tajaroveve/tajagueroveve ñande taroroveve/tarogueroveve ore taperoveve/tapegueroveve peẽ toroveve/togueroveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - eroveve/egueroveve - - - peroveve/pegueroveve -
subsuntive¹
indicative che aporoveve/amba'eveve nde reporoveve/remba'eveve ha'e oporoveve/omba'eveve ñande japoroveve/ñamba'eveve ore roporoveve/romba'eveve peẽ peporoveve/pemba'eveve ha'ekuéra oporoveve/omba'eveve//oporoveve/omba'eveve hikuái
hortative taporoveve/tamba'eveve che tereporoveve/teremba'eveve nde toporoveve/tomba'eveve ha'e tajaporoveve/tañamba'eveve ñande taroporoveve/taromba'eveve ore tapeporoveve/tapemba'eveve peẽ toporoveve/tomba'eveve ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - eporoveve/emba'eveve - - - peporoveve/pemba'eveve -
¹: the subsuntive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

Hungarian

Etymology

From the ve- stem of vesz +‎ -e with an added -v-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛvɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ve
  • Rhymes: -vɛ

Verb

veve

  1. Archaic third-person singular indicative past indefinite form of vesz. For the full paradigm, see the usage template.
    Synonym: (modern form) vett

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vefa, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave”). Compare with Danish væve, Swedish väva, Faroese veva, Icelandic vefa.

Verb

veve (imperative vev, present tense vever, passive veves, simple past veva or vevet or vevde, past participle veva or vevet or vevd, present participle vevende)

  1. to weave (form something by passing strands of material over and under one another)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

veve (present tense vev, past tense vov, supine vove, past participle voven, present participle vevande, imperative vev)

  1. e-infinitive form of veva

Samoan
FWOTD – 4 July 2016

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈve.ve/

Noun

veve

  1. leaves placed over an oven as insulation
  2. (in the presence of a chief) a pig's liver

Verb

veve

  1. (of something animate) to be numerous

References
  • Pratt, George. A Samoan Dictionary. 1862. Page 373.
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