bekel

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.kəl/
• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: be‧kel

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Javanese bĕkĕl (“provision”). Cognate of Indonesian bekal (“provision”).

Noun

bekel (Balinese script ᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄)

1. provision

Derived terms

• bebekelan
• bekelang
• bekelanga
• bekelin
• bekelina
• kabekelang
• kabekelin
• mabekel
• mekelang
• mekelin

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese bĕkĕl (“head, leader, officer”).

Noun

bekel (Balinese script ᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄)

1. lord

Derived terms

• pamekel
• prabekel
• prabekelan

Further reading

• “bekel”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bikkel.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbekəl/ [ˈbe.kəl]
• Rhymes: -ekəl
• Syllabification: be‧kel

Noun

bekêl (plural bekel-bekel)

1. (games) knucklebones

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦼꦏꦼꦭ꧀ (bekel, “low-ranking official”), from Old Javanese bĕkĕl (“head, leader, officer”). Doublet of bakal and bekal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈkəl/ [bəˈkəl]
• Rhymes: -əl
• Syllabification: be‧kel

Noun

bêkêl (plural bekel-bekel)

1. (archaic) employee of a village government
2. (archaic) rice field landlord in Java

Compounds

• bekel bayangakra

Related terms

• bakal
• bebekel
• bekal
• perbekel

Further reading

• “bekel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

bekel

1. romanization of ꦧꦼꦏꦼꦭ꧀