barkas

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly loaned twice, first from Spanish barcaza or Portuguese barcaça, later from French barcasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑrkɑs/, /bɑrˈkɑs/

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Noun

barkas f (plural barkassen, diminutive barkasje n)

1. launch; largest lifeboat aboard a ship

Descendants

• → Indonesian: barkas
• → Russian: барка́с (barkás) (possibly)
• → Sranan Tongo: barkasi

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbarkas/ [ˈbar.kas]
• Rhymes: -arkas
• Syllabification: bar‧kas

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch barkas (“launch”).

Noun

barkas (plural barkas-barkas)

1. (nautical) launch

Alternative forms

• bargas

Etymology 2

Noun

barkas (plural barkas-barkas)

1. alternative spelling of berkas
2. syllabic abbreviation of barang bekas

Further reading

• “barkas”, 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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barcaza, or from French barcasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.kas/
• Rhymes: -arkas
• Syllabification: bar‧kas

Noun

barkas m inan

1. (nautical, military) launch (the boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war)
2. fishing boat with a net or trawl
3. port boat

Declension

Declension of barkas

	singular	plural
nominative	barkas	barkasy
genitive	barkasu	barkasów
dative	barkasowi	barkasom
accusative	barkas	barkasy
instrumental	barkasem	barkasami
locative	barkasie	barkasach
vocative	barkasie	barkasy

Further reading

• barkas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Verb

barkas

1. passive infinitive of barka
2. present passive of barka

Anagrams

• bakars