betis

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay betis, from Proto-Malayic [Term?] (compare Brunei Malay batis), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Balinese ᬩᬢᬶᬲ᭄ (batis)).

Noun

betis (first-person possessive betisku, second-person possessive betismu, third-person possessive betisnya)

1. (anatomy) calf (anatomy: back of the leg below the knee)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) bētis

1. second-person singular present active indicative of bētō

References

• “betis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “betis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic [Term?] (compare Brunei Malay batis), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Balinese ᬩᬢᬶᬲ᭄ (batis)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bətes/
• IPA^(key): /bətɪs/
• Rhymes: -ətes, -tes, -es

Noun

betis

1. (anatomy) calf (anatomy: back of the leg below the knee)

Descendants

• Indonesian: betis

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Old Irish

Verb

betis

1. third-person plural past subjunctive of is