Javanese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Javanese bĕk, bök (full; filling, plentiful, abundant), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bhiiʔ (sated, full).

Adjective edit

ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)

  1. full
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Dutch bak (container, vessel).

Noun edit

ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)

  1. container.
  2. water container.
  3. sugarcane field plot.

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Hokkien (ba̍k, Chinese ink).

Noun edit

ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)

  1. black Chinese ink.

Etymology 4 edit

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)

  1. three cards are all the same in the game

Further reading edit

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “bak”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN