bĕkĕl

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably came from bakal (“prospective, future”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[b]kəl[ ] (“to give, make over”). Doublet of bakal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bə.kəl/
  • Rhymes: -kəl
  • Hyphenation: bĕ‧kĕl

Noun

bĕkĕl

  1. provision

Derived terms

  • binĕkĕlan

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦧꦼꦏꦼꦭ꧀ (bekel)
  • → Balinese: ᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄ (bekel)
  • → Malay: bekal

Noun

bĕkĕl

  1. leader, head
  2. officer

Derived terms

  • ambĕkĕl
  • ambĕkĕli
  • binĕkĕl
  • bĕkĕlan
  • kabĕkĕl
  • pabĕbĕkĕl
  • pabĕkĕlan padati

Descendants

Further reading

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