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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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

• bayqui, baycqui — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bicqui, biqui — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• baiki, bayki, bayiki
• biki

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbekeʔ/, [ˈbɛ.xɛʔ]
• Hyphenation: be‧ke

Noun

bekè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜒ)

1. (pathology) mumps

   Synonym: buklaw

Further reading

• “beke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 33