bese

bese

1. indefinite dative/genitive/ablative singular of besë

bese

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of besar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of besar

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare with Proto-Polynesian *fesi.

bese (transitive besetaka) (intransitive)

1. to refuse, to decline, to deny, to reject (a request)

   Au sa bese ni cakava.

   I refuse to do it.

2. to dislike

   Antonym: via

   Bese! ― [I] refuse!

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “bese”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 20

Cognates include Fon bèsé

• IPA^(key): /bè.sé/

bèsé (plural bèsé lɛ́ or bèsé lẹ́)

1. toad

   Bèsé lọ́ kló táún / Bèsé lɔ́ kló táún ― The toad is very big

From French baisser (“lower, fall, decline”).

• IPA^(key): /beˈse/

bese

1. decline, fall, lower

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 24

bese

1. alternative form of véser

bese (Cyrillic spelling бесе)

1. vocative singular of bes

bese

1. inflection of besar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative