bẹ

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩˨]

(classifier cây (“corn, maize”)) bẹ • (備, 梐, 瓣, 𠹯)

1. (botany) sheath
2. (dialectal) corn, maize

   Synonyms: bắp, ngô

• cải bẹ

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̀/

bẹ̀

1. (transitive) to beg

   Synonyms: ṣagbe, tọrọ báárà

2. (intransitive) to plead; to implore
3. to send someone on an errand

   Synonym: rán níṣẹ́

• bẹ̀bẹ̀ (“to beg”)

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̄/

bẹ

1. (transitive) to peel

   Synonym: bó

   bẹ ìbẹ́pẹ ― To peel a papaya

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̄/

bẹ

1. to be ahead, to be forward

   Synonym: yájú

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̄/

bẹ

1. (intransitive) to snap, to burst, to break

   ogun-ún bẹ́ sílẹ̀ ― War has broken out

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̄/

bẹ

1. (intransitive, always used with ń) to be (in a location), to exist

   Ó ń bẹ nísàlẹ̀ ― It's at the bottom

   Epo ń bẹ, ẹ̀wà ń bẹ o ― There's oil, there's beans(part of the oríkì ìbejì)

2. to be held accountable

(to be): always used with the particle ń, not to be confused with ńbẹ̀

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̄/

bẹ

1. to shine forth

• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/

bẹ́

1. (intransitive) to hop, to jump (downwards)

   ìbẹ́ àbẹ́jù l'ó mú kí ẹpọ̀n eégún yọ síta

   It is the excessive jumping about of the egungun spirit that causes his testicles to show outside his costume

   (proverb against going beyond one's limit)

• tọ (“to hop”)

• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/

bẹ́

1. to buy a small quantity of something

   Mo bẹ́ aásáà ― I bought a small quantity of tobacco

• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/

bẹ́

1. to slash, to cut off, (in particular), to slash something with a machete or cutlass

• bẹ́lórí (“to behead”)

• bí

• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/

bẹ́

1. (Ijebu) to give birth to
2. (Ekiti) to lay (an egg)

• Usually used in reference to animals and livestock
• In Èkìtì, this is used specifically for only certain birds like pigeons.

• bẹ́mọ
• ụ̀bẹ́ (“nest , young”)