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properly, correctly, rightly
- 2009 October 6, Ignazio Sanna, “Li facultai d’abà (ossia: cumenti fa dinà in dì d’oggi) [The faculties of today (or: How to make money nowadays)]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:
  Cumpresu: collaboratore della giustizia! Boh boh! Seizentumirioni pa’ fa la cascetta no mi parini dinà guadagnaddi be’.
  Got it: justice cooperator! I don't know... Six hundred millions to be a blabbermouth don't look like properly earned money to me.
  Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
well (to a significant extent)
- 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎, London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 7, page 58:
  Ipocriti, bè profitesi di voi Isaja, […]
  Hypocrites, Isaiah prophesized well about you
  Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
- c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 73, page 177:
  Cantu fazi la lettura
  E l'assè bè imparaddu!
  [Cantu fazi la lettura
  E l'assé bè imparaddu!]
  Reading and being well educated does so much!
  (literally, “How much does reading and being well learned!”)
  Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
- 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ma nò la vogliu mari [But I don't wish her ill]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 77:
  Vèrdhi e rànziga che féri,
  à lu córi creba creba;
  si cridia parch'era ricca
  di pudemmi bè imbischà
  Green and bitter as bile, her heart is dying of anger; she thought, because she was rich, that she could well capture me
  Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
- 2015 May 31, Ignazio Sanna, “La paristhòria di lu santu óssu di lu barracòccu [The fable of the sacred apricot stone]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:
  No vi vurìani assài carabàtturi; basthàbani l’óssi di barracòccu bè labaddi
  It didn't take that many trifles; the well-washed apricot stones were enough
  (literally, “It didn't want many trifles; sufficed the stones of apricot well washed”)
  Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
well (satisfactorily)
- 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXXVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'iltoria di Giuseppi l'ebreu [The story of Joseph the Jewish]‎, London, translation of Il Libro della Genesi (in Italian), verse 14, page 4:
  Soggu prontu, li dizisi: Vai, e vedi, si tuttu anda bè in cantu a li to’ fraddeddi, e a lu biltiami
  [Soggu prontu, li dizisi: Vai, e vedi, si tuttu anda bè in cantu a li to’ fraddeddi, e a lu bisthiami]
  [original: Son pronto, gli diſſe: Va, e vedi, ſe tutto va bene riguardo a’ tuoi fratelli, e a’ beﬅiami]
  [Son pronto, gli disse: Va, e vedi, se tutto va bene riguardo a’ tuoi fratelli, e a’ bestiami]
  "I'm ready", he told him. "Go, and see if everything is well in regard to your brothers, and to the livestock
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- c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 87:
  Vibu sola a li mali
  Da dugn’ ombra di be’ dissimparadda
  [Vibu sora a li mari
  Da dugn’ombra di be’ disimparadda]
  I live alone with the pains, not knowing the slightest affection
  (literally, “I live alone at the pains, from every shadow of affection illiterate”)
  Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
- 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Nò è succu nò l'amòri”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 61:
  Assai bè me la vibia
  sóru sóru i la mé vigna.
  I was doing quite well, all alone in my vineyard.
  Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “L'ulthima [The Last One]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 43:
  In tutti li maneri
  mi soggu cumpurthaddu,
  si maramenti o bè no soggu dillu
  I've behaved in every way; if badly or well, I can't say
  Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
- 2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “Noi dui, a séra [The two of us, in the evening]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:
  z’abèmmu piènu
  la casa di figlióri.
  Tutti be’: sani…
  We filled the house with children. All of them [are] well, healthy…
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Noun

bè m (invariable)Category:Sassarese lemmas#BÈ Category:Sassarese nouns#BÈ Category:Sassarese entries with incorrect language header#BÈ Category:Sassarese masculine nouns#BÈ Category:Pages with entries#BÈ Category:Pages with 8 entries#BÈ

apocopic form of beniCategory:Sassarese apocopic forms#BÈ:
1. (uncountable Category:Sassarese uncountable nouns#BÈ) good (the forces of good)
  Synonym: bonu
  - 1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XLIV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'iltoria di Giuseppi l'ebreu [The story of Joseph the Jewish]‎, London, translation of Il Libro della Genesi (in Italian), verse 4, page 45:
    Pesa, dizisi, e poni fattu all’ omini: e acciappaddili, dilli: Palchì abeddi turradu mali pal bè?
    [Pesa, dizisi, e poni fattu a l’òmini: e acciappàddiri, dilli: Parchì abeddi turradu mari pa' bè?]
    [original: Su via, diſſe, va dietro a coloro, e raggiuntili dirai: Per qual motivo avete renduto male per bene?]
    [Su via, disse, va dietro a coloro, e raggiuntili dirai: Per qual motivo avete renduto male per bene?]
    "Rise," he said, "go after those men; and, [once you've] reached them, tell them: 'Why have you returned evil for good?"
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2. sweetheart, darling, love
  - c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 63, page 156:
    Rosa meja, lu me' bè,
    Ciamami candu sei sola.
    [Rosa méia, lu me' bè,
    Ciàmami candu sei sora.]
    My rose, my darling, call me when you're alone.
    Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
3. affection (feeling of love or strong attachment)
  - c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 68:
    Vibu sola a li mali
    Da dugn’ ombra di be’ dissimparadda
    [Vibu sora a li mari
    Da dugn’ombra di be’ disimparadda]
    I live alone with the pains, not knowing the slightest affection
    (literally, “I live alone at the pains, from every shadow of affection illiterate”)
    Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
  - 2009 December 23, Ignazio Sanna, “Cu la mènti a bazinédda [With a dizzy mind]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:
    […] la mea mènti a bazinédda
    chi s’affanna […]
    pa’ fimmà un’intinziòni di puisia
    e ischribì ancora lu be’ chi ti ni vógliu.
    my dizzy mind, which gets worked up […] in order to hold an intention of poetry, and again write the affection I feel for you.
    Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
4. (usually in the plural) good, property, possession, belonging, asset
  - 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎, London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 14, page 102:
    Palchì cumenti un omu paltendi par andà a paisu luntanu, ciamesi li so' silvidori, e li cunsignesi li so' bè. […]
    [Parchì cumenti un omu parthendi par andà a paisu luntanu, ciamesi li so' sivvidori, e li cunsignesi li so' bè. […] ]
    For, as a man leaving towards a faraway land, called his own servants, and delivered to them his possessions […]
    Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
  - c. 19^th century, Sebastiano di Branca, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 75, page 182:
    S’in lu loggu chi sei
    Ancora nizissiti di sufraggiu
    La vidda, li me’ bè
    In breb’ e preltu ti cunsacraraggiu
    [S’in lu loggu chi sei
    Ancora nizìssiti di suffràgiu
    La vidda, li me’ bè
    In brev’ e presthu ti cunsacraràggiu]
    If, where you are, you still need intercession, in short time I will consecrate to you my life, my possessions
    (literally, “If in the place that you are still you need intercession, life, my possessions in brief and soon to you I will consecrate”)
    Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
5. (figurative) beloved (someone or something that is loved)
  - c. 19^th century, G. Cossu Solinas, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 48, page 136:
    Cun la vidda m’affanni
    Cun la molti mi furi dugna bè
    [Cun la vidda m’affanni
    Cun la morthi mi furi dugna bè]
    You trouble me through life; you rob me of all I love through death
    (literally, “With life you trouble me; with death you rob me of all beloveds”)
    Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ

Derived terms

Interjection

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Used to acknowledge a statement or situation; well, so
- 1866, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., La profezia di Giona [Jonah's prophecy]‎ (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Profezia di Giona, verse 9, page 15:
  E lu Signori dizisi a Giona: Credi forsi, chi tu fozzi bè ad arrabbiatti pa la moltra? E dizisi: Bè eju m' arrabbieggiu fin' a la molti.
  [E lu Signori dizisi a Giona: Credi forsi, chi tu fozzi bè ad arrabbiatti pa la mosthra? E dizisi: Bè éiu m'arrabbiéggiu fin' a la morthi.]
  And the Lord said to Jonah: "Do you think you're doing good by getting angry becauseof the castor oil plant? And he said: "Well, I will get angry to death."
  Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ
- 2015 May 31, Ignazio Sanna, “La paristhòria di lu santu óssu di lu barracòccu [The fable of the sacred apricot stone]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:
  «Bè, ni vurìmmu sabé di più? Andèmmu a fabiddanni cu me’ ziu chi ni sa assai mégliu di noi. No pai nudda è prèddi!»
  "Well, if we want to know more, we can go talk about it with my uncle, who knows a lot more than us. He's a priest, after all!"
  (literally, “"Well, do we want to know more of it? Let's go talk of it with my uncle who knows of it a lot better than us. Not for nothing [he] is [a] priest!"”)
  Category:Sassarese terms with quotations#BÈ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Having cognates throughout Mon-Khmer (all borrowed ?), akin to Laven /bɛː/ ("raft"), Khasi bùr (“raft”), Mlabri /bɛː/ ("raft"), Nyah Kur [phɛ̀ɛ] ("raft") and Lamet /pheː/ ("raft"). See also Proto-Tai *beːᴬ (> Thai แพ (pɛɛ, “raft”)) and Old Chinese 簰 (OC *brê, “bamboo raft”). The sense of "cohorts" probably developed from the way bamboo stalks are tied together to make a raft.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#BE!
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˦˩]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#BE!
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#BE!Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#BE!

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc, con) Category:Vietnamese nouns classified by cái Category:Vietnamese nouns classified by chiếc Category:Vietnamese nouns classified by conbè • (𣙨, 𤿤, 𥯤, 𬜛)Category:Vietnamese lemmas#BE!Category:Vietnamese nouns#BE!Category:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#BE!Category:Pages with entries#BÈ Category:Pages with 8 entries#BÈ

(nautical Category:vi:Watercraft#BE!) a raft (flat, floating structure)
(only in compounds or fixed expressions, usually disapproving) a group of cohorts
bè lũ tham ô
greedy cronies; interest groups
Category:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#BE!

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