abe

Probably a- +‎ be.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbi/

abe

1. (intransitive, infinitive, regional, Britain) Be.
   • 1839, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 527:

     Let it abe, I say.

   • 1864, Charles Dickens, Household Words‎, page 186:

     But if it amuses her I let it abe.

   • 1885, Charles Gibbon, Heart's Delight‎, page 154:

     But let that abe.

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3

• BAe, BEA, Bae, Bea, EAB, bae, eba

abe

1. elder sister

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.

abe (Sette Comuni)

1. down
2. south, down south

   Ich ghéa abe kan Ròome.

   I'm going down south to Rome.

• abar, iidar

• au

• “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

• IPA^(key): /aːbə/, [ˈæːb̥ə]

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• Rhymes: -aːbə

From Old Norse api (“fool”).

abe c (singular definite aben, plural indefinite aber)

1. monkey
2. ape

• abekat

• fjeldabe

From Old Norse apa, from api (“fool”).

abe (imperative ab, infinitive at abe, present tense aber, past tense abede, perfect tense har abet)

1. mimic, ape

• abe efter
• efterabe

abe

1. outside (of)

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

abe

1. earring.

• abey

From Latin avis, avem (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).

abe f (plural abes)

1. bird

From Latin arbor.

abe m (plural abes)

1. tree

From Latin apis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaβe/

abe f (plural abes)

1. bee

   S'abe faghet su mele. ― The bee makes honey.

• Abe on the Sardinian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sc

• IPA^(key): /əˈbiː/

abe (third-person singular present abes, present participle abein, past abet, past participle abet)

1. to let alone, let be, leave undisturbed

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.