bekas

bekas

1. plural of beka

• Baeks, Bakes, bakes, beaks

• IPA^(key): [bəˈkas]
• (Sumba) IPA^(key): [ˈbekas]
• Hyphenation: be‧kas

From Malay bekas, from Classical Malay bekas (“track”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bekas. Cognate of Minangkabau bakeh.

bêkas (plural bekas-bekas)

1. trace, mark

   Synonym: kesan

2. remainder, remnant

bêkas

1. former, late, ex-

   Synonyms: lepasan, mantan

2. secondhand, used

   Synonym: lepasan

From Malay bekas.

bêkas (plural bekas-bekas)

1. (rare) container, receptacle

   Synonym: wadah

• “bekas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Philippine *bəʀas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

bekas

1. uncooked rice

• IPA^(key): [bə.kas]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -kas, -as
• Hyphenation: be‧kas

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bekas. Cognate with Javanese bekas and Tagalog bakas.

bekas (Jawi spelling بکس, plural bekas-bekas, informal 1st possessive bekasku, 2nd possessive bekasmu, 3rd possessive bekasnya)

1. Trace, mark, stain.

   Synonym: kesan

   bekas darah ― bloodstain

2. Remainder, remnant.

• Indonesian: bekas

bekas (Jawi spelling بکس)

1. Former, ex-.

   Synonym: mantan

   bekas Perdana Menteri ― former Prime Minister

• Indonesian: bekas

Possibly from Hindi बकस (bakas) or Urdu بکس, from English box.

bekas (Jawi spelling بکس)

1. Container, receptacle.

   bekas makanan ― food container

• Indonesian: bekas

• “bekas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bekas”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Borrowed from French bécasse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.kas/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛkas
• Syllabification: be‧kas

bekas m animal

1. snipe (bird)

• bekas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bekas in Polish dictionaries at PWN