beha

See also: behå, be̍h-á, běhá, bệ hạ, and behá

Dutch

Etymology

Letter-pronunciation of bh, abbreviation of bustehouder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːˈɦaː/

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• Hyphenation: be‧ha
• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

beha m (plural beha's, diminutive behaatje n)

1. a bra

Synonyms

• bh
• bustehouder

Descendants

• → Aukan: beiha
• → Indonesian: beha

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• BH (initialism)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch beha, bustehouder (“bra”, literally “bust holder”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbeha/ [ˈbe.ha]
• Rhymes: -eha
• Syllabification: be‧ha

Noun

beha (plural beha-beha)

1. (colloquial) bra

   Synonyms: anak baju (Malay), baju dalam (Malay), bra, kutang, coli

Further reading

• “beha”, 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

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *bʷeka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɣa/

Noun

beha

1. flying fox

Further reading

• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
• Ross, Malcolm D. (2011), Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 4, Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)