beki

See also: Beki and -beki

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beki/ [be.ki]
• Rhymes: -eki, -i
• Hyphenation: be‧ki

Verb

beki

1. Third-person singular (hark), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, imperative form of jakin (“to know”).

Japanese

Romanization

beki

1. Rōmaji transcription of べき

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

beki f

1. brook

Inflection

Declension of beki (feminine i-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	beki	beki
accusative	beki	beki
genitive	beki	beco
dative	beki	bekin, becon

Alternative forms

• beke

Derived terms

• assebeki
• babanbeki
• birnibeki
• bulanbeki
• bulsbeki
• buonasbeki
• bursithibeki
• buskbeki
• buterobeki
• diedanbeki
• dōsbeki
• evurbeki
• flietharbeki
• fluorbeki
• friesbeki
• furkadabeki
• gasbeki
• gavrabeki
• gelobeki
• gisbeki
• glatbeki
• gorbeki
• grōnisbeki
• halanbeki
• haranbeki
• hartbeki
• harulabeki
• heienbeki
• hellisbeki
• hikkilsbeki
• holebeki
• hornbeki
• hulisbeki
• hunibeki
• hunnasbeki
• hēnbeki
• jabeki
• kressabeki
• krumpbeki
• krūdabeki
• kuokanbeki
• kurtbeki
• kwakkenbeki
• langabeki
• lenkibeki
• lithabeki
• lārbeki
• marobeki
• marsbeki
• meribeki
• merilabeki
• migalbeki
• molinbeki
• muorbeki
• niutbeki
• northbeki
• nōdabeki
• ossenbeki
• papinbeki
• pūrbeki
• ravinsbeki
• rōsabeki
• saltbeki
• selibeki
• sellabeki
• sinabeki
• skaltbeki
• skarabeki
• spaltbeki
• stertbeki
• stēnbeki
• swēnbeki
• sūrbeki
• thilbeki
• thuosbeki
• uorbeki
• uparabeki
• wahtabeki
• walanbeki
• wanbeki
• wardobeki
• wartanbeki
• weribeki
• wersbeki
• willisbeki
• windabeki
• ālbeki
• ōstarbeki
• ōthibeki

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: bēke
  • Dutch: beek
  • Limburgish: baek

Further reading

• “beki”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ki/
• Rhymes: -ɛki
• Syllabification: be‧ki

Noun

beki m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bek

Noun

beki

1. inflection of beka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch bekken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beki/, [bɪ̞ci], [be̝t͡ʃi]

Noun

beki

1. washtub
2. salad bowl

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English backer.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

beki class V (plural mabeki class VI)

1. (sports) defender (football)

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of bakla through clipping, a shift from /a/ to /æ ~ ɛ/ to sound Anglicized, and addition of the English diminutive suffix -y / -ie.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbeki/ [ˈbɛː.xɪ]
• Rhymes: -eki
• Syllabification: be‧ki

Noun

beki (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜒ) (gay slang)

1. male homosexual; gay

   Synonyms: bakla, bading, baklita, bayot

Derived terms

• bekimon