"ele" meaning in Nupe

See ele in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ē.lē/
Etymology: e- (“nominalizing prefix”) + le (“to lay down”) Etymology templates: {{af|nup|e-|le|t1=nominalizing prefix|t2=to lay down}} e- (“nominalizing prefix”) + le (“to lay down”) Head templates: {{head|nup|noun|head=ele}} ele, {{nup-pos|noun|ele}} ele, {{nup-noun|ele}} ele
  1. sleep Derived forms: sanle (english: to wake up), lele (english: to sleep)
    Sense id: en-ele-nup-noun-CvpbtdXx Categories (other): Nupe entries with incorrect language header, Nupe terms prefixed with e-, Sleep Disambiguation of Nupe entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Sleep: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Weather Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ē.lē/
Head templates: {{head|nup|noun|head=ele}} ele, {{nup-pos|noun|ele}} ele, {{nup-noun|ele}} ele
  1. rain
    Sense id: en-ele-nup-noun-MZtExXCk Categories (other): Nupe entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Nupe entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Weather Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0
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        {
          "english": "to wake up",
          "translation": "to wake up",
          "word": "sanle"
        },
        {
          "english": "to sleep",
          "translation": "to sleep",
          "word": "lele"
        }
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          "english": "It's going to rain.",
          "literal_meaning": "Rain will fall.",
          "text": "Ele à dù.",
          "translation": "It's going to rain.",
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        }
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    {
      "english": "to wake up",
      "translation": "to wake up",
      "word": "sanle"
    },
    {
      "english": "to sleep",
      "translation": "to sleep",
      "word": "lele"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ele"
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Nupe dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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