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sabe

/sʌ.beɪ/

sabe verb: to understand.

Verb

sabe (third-person singular simple present sabes, present participle sabeing, simple past and past participle sabed)

  1. To understand.
    • The longer I lives with that blamed hatchet-face cross between a danged fool and a heavenly angel, the less I sabe his wau-wau.1921, W.C. Tuttle, The Devil's Dooryard
    • Jimmy sabe'd the emphasis on the "inclined" and nodded.1920, Joseph Allan Dunn, Turquoise Cañon, Doubleday, Page, page 218

Proper noun capitalized: Sabe

Sabe

  1. (Canada, US) A Sasquatch-like mythological creature, representing the virture of honesty in Native American religion.
    • The teaching of honesty is taught to us by Sabe or sometimes the raven. Sabe is believed to be closer to the spirit world than humans and reminds us, just as the raven does, that we must be truthful to who we are. The Ojibwa expression Kitchi-Sabe means to walk tall, or to have integrity. It is...2020, Centennial College, “Seven Grandfather Teachings”, in Our Stories, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2020
    • The forest is an important setting for the stories of the Sabe (sasquatch), also known as Bug-way’-ji-nini, who watches over the forests and protects those within it.2021 April, Niiwin Wendaanimok Partnership, Narratives Inc., and Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Harmonized Impact Assessment Twinning of the TransCanada Highway - Phase 1

Examples of sabe in a sentence

  • He sabes that my writin' ain't in no ways a serious effort, 'cause he knows I could do a heap better - if I tried.1917, Charles Alden Seltzer, The Vengeance of Jefferson Gawne, A. C. McClurg & Company, page 92:
  • They spend half their time in smoking cigarettes, and the other in quien-sabeing.2023, Oliver North, Rambles After Sport, page 182:

Forms of sabe

Verb
third-person singular presentsabes
present participlesabeing
past participlesabed
pastsabed
Proper noun
alternative formSabé

Origin of sabe

From Spanish sabe, inclined form of saber.

Borrowed from Ojibwe.

Phrases with sabe

Questions about sabe

What does sabe mean?
Sabe means to understand.
How do you use sabe in a sentence?
He sabes that my writin' ain't in no ways a serious effort, 'cause he knows I could do a heap better - if I tried.
What part of speech is sabe?
Sabe can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sabe?
Sabe is pronounced /sʌ.beɪ/.
What is the past tense of sabe?
The past tense of sabe is sabed.

Words near sabe in the dictionary

  1. sabbs
  2. Sabbses
  3. SABC
  4. sabcomeline
  5. sabdariffa
  6. sabe
  7. Sabean
  8. Sabeans
  9. sabed
  10. Sabedra
  11. Sabedras

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