Hawaiian

Proper noun

Mele

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Malia
• Malaea

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 186
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Mele occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name of 87 women and 1 man.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪleɪ/

Noun

mele ‎(plural mele or meles)

1. A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event. [from 19th c.]
   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 49:

     Lili‘u set to work assisting Fornander by translating mele and legends for him.

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

mele ‎(plural meles)

1. Alternative form of mell

Verb

mele ‎(third-person singular simple present meles, present participle meling, simple past and past participle meled)

1. Alternative form of mell

Corsican

Noun

mele

1. honey

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːlə/, [ˈmeːlə]

Verb

mele ‎(imperative mel, infinitive at mele, present tense meler, past tense melede, perfect tense har melet)

1. flour (to apply flour to something)

Gothic

Romanization

mēlē

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴

Hausa

Noun

mēlē m

1. loss of pigmentation

Hawaiian

Noun

mele

1. chant, song, poem

Verb

mele

1. (transitive) to sing, chant
2. (stative) to be yellow
3. (stative) to be merry

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986

Italian

Noun

mele f

1. plural of mela - apples

Latin

Noun

mēle

1. ablative singular of meles

References

• mele in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Latvian

Etymology

From melis ‎(“liar”) +‎ -e ‎(“fem.”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mele f (5th declension, masculine form: melis)

1. (female) liar, deceiver (someone who is tells lies, who deceives others)

   nekaunīga mele‎ ― shameless (female) liar

Declension

Derived terms

• melīgs, melīgums
• melot

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mjøle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹meːlə/
• Rhymes: -¹eːlə

Etymology

From mel ‎(“flour”)

Verb

mele

1. flour (to apply flour to something)

Inflection

Related terms

• meling

References

• “mele” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “mele” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈme.le]

Pronoun

mele

1. feminine plural form of meu
2. neuter plural form of meu

Sardinian

Noun

mele

1. honey

Zazaki

Noun

mele ?

1. (zoology) grasshopper, locust