beke

See also: bekę, béke, béké, and беке

Afrikaans

Noun

beke

  1. plural of beek

Baiso

Noun

beke

  1. water

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch beki, from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (brook, beach).

Noun

bēke f

  1. brook

Inflection

Weak feminine noun
singular plural
nominative bēke bēken
accusative bēke bēken
genitive bēke, bēken bēken
dative bēke, bēken bēken

Descendants

  • Dutch: beek
  • Limburgish: baek

Further reading

  • beke”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “beke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Old Dutch

Noun

beke f

  1. alternative form of beki

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier bayki, bayiki, from metathesis of Proto-Central Philippine *bayəʔək. Compare Kapampangan baiki, Bikol Central bayuko, and Cebuano bayuok.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbekeʔ/ [ˈbɛː.xɛʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ekeʔ
  • Syllabification: be‧ke

Noun

bekè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜒ) (pathology)

  1. mumps
    Synonym: buklaw

Derived terms

  • bekein

Further reading

  • beke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 33
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 463: Papera) Bayicqi (pp) ẽfermedad vſada deſtos
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