bekal
See also: bekał
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay bekal, from Old Javanese bĕkĕl, ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[b]kəl[ ] (“to give, make over”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bəˈkal]
- Hyphenation: bê‧kal
Noun
bêkal (plural bekal-bekal)
- provision, stock
- (colloquial) capital, money and wealth or goods as a factor of production
- Synonym: modal
Derived terms
- bekal-bekalan
- berbekal
- berbekalkan
- dibekali
- dibekalkan
- membekali
- membekalkan
- memperbekali
- pembekal
- pembekalan
- perbekalan
Related terms
Further reading
- “bekal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.