beha

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

Dutch

Etymology

Letter-pronunciation of bh, abbreviation of bustehouder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːˈɦaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧ha
  • Rhymes: -aː

Noun

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

  1. a bra

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Aukan: beiha
  • Indonesian: beha

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch beha, bustehouder (bra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be.ha/

Noun

beha (plural beha-beha)

  1. (colloquial) bra
    Synonyms: kutang, (obsolete, Standard Malay) coli
    Synonyms: anak baju, baju dalam (Standard Malay)

Further reading

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)