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beki

See also: Beki and -beki

Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beki/ [be.ki]
  • Rhymes: -eki, -i
  • Hyphenation: be‧ki

Verb

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beki

  1. third-person singular, with third-person singular direct object, imperative of jakin (“to know”)

Gilbertese

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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beki

  1. pig

References

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  • Bingham, Hiram; Sabatier, Father Ernest with Luomala, Goo, and Banner (1978–), “beki”, in Trussel, Stephen, Groves, Gordon W., compilers, A Combined Kiribati–English Online Dictionary‎[1]

Japanese

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Romanization

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beki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of べき

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook, beach”).

Noun

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beki f

  1. brook

Inflection

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Declension of beki (feminine i-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative beki beki
accusative beki beki
genitive beki beco
dative beki bekin, becon

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: bēke
    • Dutch: beek
    • Limburgish: baek

Further reading

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  • “beki”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ki/
  • Rhymes: -ɛki
  • Syllabification: be‧ki

Noun

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beki m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bek

Noun

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beki

  1. inflection of beka:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From Dutch bekken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beki/, [bɪ̞ci], [be̝t͡ʃi]

Noun

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beki

  1. washtub
  2. salad bowl

Swahili

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English back
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English backerbor.
Swahili beki

    Borrowed from English backer.

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    • Audio (Kenya):(file)

    Noun

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    beki class I (plural mabeki class II)

    1. (sports) defender (football)

    Tagalog

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    Etymology

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    Possibly an alteration of bakla through clipping, a shift from /a/ to /æ ~ ɛ/ to sound Anglicized, and addition of the English diminutive suffix -y / -ie.

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    beki (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜒ) (gay slang)

    1. male homosexual; gay
      Synonyms: bakla, bading, baklita, bayot

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