Aloápam Zapotec edit

Noun edit

bea

  1. cloud

Basque edit

Noun edit

bea

  1. absolutive singular of be

Bughotu edit

Noun edit

bea

  1. water
  2. juice
  3. liquid

References edit

  • W. Ivens, Bugotu-English/English-Bugotu Concise Dictionary (1998)

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay bea, from Javanese ꦧꦺꦪ (béya), from Old Javanese beya, from Sanskrit व्यय (vyaya). Doublet of biaya.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

béa (plural bea-bea, first-person possessive beaku, second-person possessive beamu, third-person possessive beanya)

  1. tax, custom duty.
    Synonyms: cukai, pajak
    1. (law, government) customs: the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
  2. expense
    Synonyms: biaya, ongkos

Alternative forms edit

Synonyms edit

  • (customs): kastam (Standard Malay)

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Min Nan: 傌仔骂仔 (bé-á)[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Hyphenation: bè‧a

Verb edit

bea

  1. inflection of beare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin edit

Verb edit

beā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of beō

References edit

Malay edit

Noun edit

bea

  1. Taxes, toll, dues.

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Manx edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish betha, from Old Irish bethu (life, existence), from Proto-Celtic *biwotūts, from *biwos from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive), from *gʷeih₃w- (to live).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bea f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. life

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bea vea mea
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

Northern Qiang edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Naxi bbei.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bea

  1. snow

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /be̯a/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: bea
  • (file)

Verb edit

a bea (third-person singular present bea, past participle băut) 2nd conj.

  1. to drink

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

See also edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of bearnaisesås, itself from French béarnaise + sås.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bea c

  1. (cooking, colloquial) Synonym of bearnaisesås (béarnaise sauce)
    en pizza med bea
    a pizza with béarnaise
  2. (cooking) Synonym of falsk bearnaisesås (faux béarnaise sauce)

Usage notes edit

The term bea can sometimes be used on a menu for a simplified sauce that in consistency and flavour is very similar to béarnaise sauce; a falsk bearnaisesås (faux béarnaise sauce).

Declension edit

Declension of bea 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bea bean beor beorna
Genitive beas beans beors beornas

Tabo edit

Noun edit

bea

  1. water

References edit

  • transnewguinea.org, citing G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19, and S. A. Wurm, The Kiwaian Language Family (1973), pages 217-224, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (K. J. Franklin, editor)

Walloon edit

Etymology edit

From Old French biau, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

bea (feminine bele)

  1. beautiful; handsome; attractive; pretty