ave

Meaning

Intj

hail, hello, farewell, greetings! (a formal expression of greeting)

Verb

second-person singular present imperative of aveō

Noun

vocative singular of avus

Noun

ablative singular of avis

Concepts

hello

👋

goodbye

👋

hi

👋

bye

👋

adieu

farewell

so long

good-bye

goodby

bye-bye

good afternoon

good-by

good day

see you

Synonyms

salve

vale

👋

avete

salvete

valete

👋

Translations

ciao

hallo

👋

salut

👋

hola

👋

oi

👋

merhaba

👋

hola

👋

hoi

olá

👋

γεια

dag

hallo

👋

bonjour

👋

auf Wiedersehen

👋

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈha.weː]

Etymology

Borrowed with an unspelled /h/ from Punic [script needed] (ḥawe, “live!”, 2sg. imp.), cognate to Hebrew חוה (“Chava, the biblical Eve”), and as avō from Punic [script needed] (ḥawū, 2pl. imp.), from Semitic root ḥ-w-y (live). The form might have been contaminated by Etymology 2, especially as the latter one's long vowel also ended up short via iambic shortening; this would explain the reluctance to spell the aspirate, as well as its interpretation as a verb form. Attested since Plautus.