baek

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay baik (“good”)

Adjective

baek

  1. good
    nanti diliat orang koerang baek.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 15

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Chinese 北 (MC pok).

Noun

baek (1957–1982 spelling bək)

  1. north

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

baek (Sawndip form 𰞃[1], 1957–1982 spelling bək)

  1. to stew; to decoct; to cook slowly in an earthen pot

Etymology 3

Cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang baek, Proto-Southwestern Tai *pakᴰˢ² (“to insert; to plant a stake”) (whence Thai ปัก (bpàk), Lao ປັກ (pak), Tai Dam ꪜꪰꪀ, Shan ပၵ်း (pák), Phake ပက် (pak), Ahom 𑜆𑜀𑜫 (pak)).

Verb

baek (Sawndip forms 𢫣[1] or 拍[1] or 北[1], 1957–1982 spelling bək)

  1. to insert

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN
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