beke

See also: bekę, béke, béké, and беке

Afrikaans

Noun

beke

1. plural of beek

Baiso

Noun

beke

1. water

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch beki, from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook, beach”).

Noun

bēke f

1. brook

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	bēke	bēken
accusative	bēke	bēken
genitive	bēke, bēken	bēken
dative	bēke, bēken	bēken

Descendants

• Dutch: beek
• Limburgish: baek

Further reading

• “beke”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “beke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Old Dutch

Noun

beke f

1. alternative form of beki

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• baiqui, bayicqi, bayqui, baycqui, bayiqui — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• bicqi, bicqui, biqui — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• baiki, bayki, bayiki
• biki

Etymology

From earlier bayki, bayiki, from metathesis of Proto-Central Philippine *bayəʔək. Compare Kapampangan baiki, Bikol Central bayuko, and Cebuano bayuok.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbekeʔ/ [ˈbɛː.xɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -ekeʔ
• Syllabification: be‧ke

Noun

bekè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜒ) (pathology)

1. mumps

   Synonym: buklaw

Derived terms

• bekein

Further reading

• “beke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 33
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 463: “Papera) Bayicqi (pp) ẽfermedad vſada deſtos”
  • page 463: “Papera) Bicqi (pc) es mayor papera eſta q̃ la paſada”