bebekel

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Balinese bebekel. Reanalysed as partial reduplication of bekal (“provision”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəbəˈkəl]
• Hyphenation: bê‧bê‧kêl

Noun

bebekel (plural bebekel-bebekel)

1. (dialect, Bali) property brought by husband or wife (before marriage)

Further reading

• “bebekel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016