kele

See also: Kele, kělè, and Kēlè

Afrikaans

Noun

kele

  1. plural of keel

Danish

Noun

kele c

  1. indefinite plural of kel

Gele'

Adverb

kele

  1. there

Further reading
  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 575

Salar

Etymology

From Common Turkic *kele-. Cognate to dialectal Uyghur [script needed] (kele-), dialectal Tatar [script needed] (kelä-), Chuvash кӗле (kĕle), Karachay-Balkar [script needed] (kele-). Related to Turkish keleci, Ottoman Turkish كلجى‎ (keleci).

Pronunciation
  • (Xunhua, Hualong, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [kʰele]
  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Mengda, Hanbahe, Baizhuang, Daowei, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [k(ʰ)ele]
  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [k(ʰ)ele]
  • (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [k(ʰ)elli], [k(ʰ)elle], /keliiʲ/, [k(ʰ)elɑː]

Verb

kele

  1. to be needed
    At alğu kelise, dağı eñır alğu keli.
    If you need to buy a horse, you also need to buy a saddle.
    [1]
    İnci qaşqu keleğer.
    Now I have got to run.
    (literally, “Now running away has become a necessity.”)
    [2]
  2. to ask for, beg for

Derived terms
  • kelege (“requirement”)
  • kelegüci

References
  1. 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “kele”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 111
  2. 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “kele”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 187, 289
  • Potanin, G.N. (1893), “keli-”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page keli-
  • Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96.
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “kele”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 379
  • Ma, Quanlin; Ma, Wanxiang; Ma, Zhicheng (1993), Kevin Stuart, editor, Salar Language Language Materials, issue 43, Philadelphia: Sino-Platonic Papers, page 31
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “kele”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 134
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “kele”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 157

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷol-o-s, from *kʷel- (“to turn”), whence also käl- (“endure”), and klutk- (“to turn”). Compare English circle, wheel, Lithuanian kaklas (“neck”), etc.

Noun

kele m

  1. (anatomy) navel, belly button

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “kele”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 211

Volapük

Pronoun

kele

  1. dative singular of kel
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