bekel

• IPA^(key): /bə.kəl/
• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: be‧kel

Borrowed from Old Javanese bĕkĕl (“provision”). Cognate of Indonesian bekal (“provision”).

bekel (Balinese script ᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄)

1. provision

Borrowed from Old Javanese bĕkĕl (“head, leader, officer”).

bekel (Balinese script ᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄)

1. lord

• “bekel” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

From Dutch bikkel.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbekəl/ [ˈbe.kəl]
• Rhymes: -ekəl
• Syllabification: be‧kel

bekêl (plural bekel-bekel)

1. (games) knucklebones

From Javanese ꦧꦼꦏꦼꦭ꧀ (bekel, “low-ranking official”), from Old Javanese bĕkĕl (“head, leader, officer”). Doublet of bakal and bekal.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈkəl/ [bəˈkəl]
• Rhymes: -əl
• Syllabification: be‧kel

bêkêl (plural bekel-bekel)

1. (archaic) employee of a village government
2. (archaic) rice field landlord in Java

• “bekel” 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.

bekel

1. romanization of ꦧꦼꦏꦼꦭ꧀