bèk

See also: bek, bėk, bek., век, and Bek

Betawi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛk/, [bɛk̠̚]
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Hyphenation: bèk

Etymology 1

Clipping of bèkmister, from Dutch wijkmeester (“wardmaster”).[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

bèk

  1. village chief
    Synonyms: bèkmister, lurah
    • c. 1870, Muhammad Bakir, Sair bua-buahan [The poem of fruits] (in Classical Malay), page 24v:
      Tinggi besar Bèk Durèn / Orangnya gaga lagi pun kerèn / Jadi bèk baru kemarèn / Dia gantinya Bèk Bua Arèn
      Tall and broad, Chief Durian / Brave and vigorous person he was / Became a chief just yesterday / He replaced Chief Sugar Palm

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English back.

Noun

bèk

  1. (soccer) back; defender

References

  1. ^ Grijns, C. D. (1991), Jakarta Malay: A multidimensional approach to spatial variation, volume 1, Leiden: KITLV Press, →ISBN, page 32

Further reading

  • Kähler, H. (1966), “bek”, in Wörterverzeichnis des Omong Djakarta [Glossary of the Jakartan speech] (in German), Berlin: Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, page 21
  • Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “bèk”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 36

Javanese

Noun

bèk

  1. sheep
  2. goat
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.