bĕḍah

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq (doublet of barah), from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bə.dah/
  • Rhymes: -dah
  • Hyphenation: be‧dhah

Verb

bĕḍah

  1. to break, to burst

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦧꦼꦝꦃ (bedhah)
    • → Malay: bedah
      • > Indonesian: bedah (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬩᭂᬥᬄ (bedah)

Further reading

  • "bĕḍah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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