bekas

English

Noun

bekas

1. plural of beka

Anagrams

• Baeks, Bakes, bakes, beaks

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bêkas (first-person possessive bekasku, second-person possessive bekasmu, third-person possessive bekasnya)

1. trace, mark

   Synonym: kesan

2. remainder, remnant

Adjective

bêkas

1. former, late, ex-

   Synonyms: lepasan, mantan

2. secondhand, used

   Synonym: lepasan

Derived terms

• berbekas
• membekas
• membekaskan

 

• bekas luka
• bekas tangan
• bekas tubuh

 

Etymology 2

From Malay bekas.

Noun

bêkas (first-person possessive bekasku, second-person possessive bekasmu, third-person possessive bekasnya)

1. (rare) container, receptacle

   Synonym: wadah

Further reading

• “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.

Karao

Etymology

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

Noun

bekas

1. uncooked rice

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bə.kas]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.

Affixations

• bekaskan
• berbekas
• membekas

 

Compounds

• bekas luka
• bekas tangan
• bekas tubuh

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: bekas

Adjective

bekas (Jawi spelling بکس)

1. Former, ex-.

   Synonym: mantan

   bekas Perdana Menteri ― former Prime Minister

Descendants

• Indonesian: bekas

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bekas (Jawi spelling بکس)

1. Container, receptacle.

   bekas makanan ― food container

Compounds

• bekas sirih

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: bekas

Further reading

• “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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bécasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.kas/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛkas
• Syllabification: be‧kas

Noun

bekas m animal

1. snipe (bird)

Declension

Declension of bekas

	singular	plural
nominative	bekas	bekasy
genitive	bekasa	bekasów
dative	bekasowi	bekasom
accusative	bekasa	bekasy
instrumental	bekasem	bekasami
locative	bekasie	bekasach
vocative	bekasie	bekasy

Derived terms

adjective

• bekasi

 

noun

• bekasik

 

Further reading

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