beti

See also: bé tí and bé tị

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beti/ [be.t̪i]

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• Rhymes: -eti, -i
• Hyphenation: be‧ti

Adverb

beti (not comparable)

1. always

Further reading

• “beti”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “beti”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Guyanese Creole English

Noun

beti

1. alternative spelling of baytee (“daughter”)

References

• Henry, Edgar A. (2022), The Guyanese Slang Alphabet, Dorrance Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 41

Ido

Noun

beti

1. plural of beto

Lindu

Noun

beti

1. measuring rope

Muduapa

Noun

beti

1. banana

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English bite; sense “bait” possibly from or influenced by English bait (which is itself a doublet of bite).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beti/, [bɪ̞ti], [be̝ti]

Verb

beti

1. to bite

Noun

beti

1. bite
2. bait

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Possibly from English belt.

Noun

beti class V (plural mabeti class VI)

1. a kind of pouch used by soldiers

Derived terms

• kibeti (“purse, wallet”)

Etymology 2

Noun

beti class IX (plural beti class X)

1. alternative form of ubeti

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bet.

Alternative forms

• -bet

Verb

-beti (infinitive kubeti)

1. to bet, gamble

Conjugation

Conjugation of -beti
Positive present -nabeti Subjunctive -beti Negative -beti Imperative singular beti
Infinitives
Positive kubeti Negative kutobeti
Imperatives
Singular beti Plural betini
Tensed forms
Habitual hubeti Positive past positive subject concord + -libeti Negative past negative subject concord + -kubeti
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabeti) Singular Plural 1st person ninabeti/nabeti tunabeti 2nd person unabeti mnabeti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabeti wanabeti other classes positive subject concord + -nabeti
Negative present (negative subject concord + -beti) Singular Plural 1st person sibeti hatubeti 2nd person hubeti hambeti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habeti hawabeti other classes negative subject concord + -beti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabeti Negative future negative subject concord + -tabeti
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -beti) Singular Plural 1st person nibeti tubeti 2nd person ubeti mbeti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abeti wabeti other classes positive subject concord + -beti
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibeti Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebeti Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebeti Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibeti Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibeti
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abeti) Singular Plural 1st person nabeti twabeti 2nd person wabeti mwabeti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abeti wabeti m-mi(III/IV) wabeti yabeti ji-ma(V/VI) labeti yabeti ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabeti vyabeti n(IX/X) yabeti zabeti u(XI) wabeti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabeti pa(XVI) pabeti mu(XVIII) mwabeti
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebeti "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabeti "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabeti "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibeti "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobeti Consecutive kabeti / positive subject concord + -kabeti Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabeti
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibeti -tubeti 2nd person -kubeti -wabeti/-kubetini/-wabetini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbeti -wabeti m-mi(III/IV) -ubeti -ibeti ji-ma(V/VI) -libeti -yabeti ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibeti -vibeti n(IX/X) -ibeti -zibeti u(XI) -ubeti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubeti pa(XVI) -pabeti mu(XVIII) -mubeti Reflexive -jibeti
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -beti- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -betiye -betio m-mi(III/IV) -betio -betiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -betilo -betiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -beticho -betivyo n(IX/X) -betiyo -betizo u(XI) -betio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -betiko pa(XVI) -betipo mu(XVIII) -betimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -beti) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebeti -obeti m-mi(III/IV) -obeti -yobeti ji-ma(V/VI) -lobeti -yobeti ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobeti -vyobeti n(IX/X) -yobeti -zobeti u(XI) -obeti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobeti pa(XVI) -pobeti mu(XVIII) -mobeti
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Western Oceanic *bʷatiq with irregular e and loss of *q. Not related to Proto-Oceanic *pudi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *punti, due to phonological problems, although it was proposed by Johnston (1982).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beti/

Noun

beti

1. banana

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 364, 370
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
• Lynch, John (December 2002), “The Proto-Oceanic Labiovelars: Some New Observations”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, number 2, pages 310-362

West Makian

Etymology

Said by Voorhoeve to be from North Moluccan Malay [Term?]. Compare North Moluccan Malay pece (“mud”), Indonesian becek (“mud”), Ternate bece (“dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.t̪i/

Noun

beti

1. a swamp
2. mud

References

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