beca
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beca f (plural beques)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
beca
- inflection of becar (“to subsidize (a student), to give a stipend to”):
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
beca
- inflection of becar (“to snooze, to nap”):
Anagrams edit
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Late Classical Malay بيچا (beca), from Hokkien 馬車/马车 (bé-chhia).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beca (Jawi spelling بيچا, plural beca-beca, informal 1st possessive becaku, 2nd possessive becamu, 3rd possessive becanya)
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms and other derivations
See also edit
References edit
- "beca" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “beca” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
beca
- inflection of bec:
- nominative plural feminine/neuter
- vocative/accusative plural all genders
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
beca | beca pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbeca |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, compare Spanish beca.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
- Hyphenation: be‧ca
Noun edit
beca f (plural becas)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Italian becco, from Latin beccus (“beak”) because of a medieval gown worn that covered the face like a beak.
Noun edit
beca f (plural becas)
- grant, stipend
- scholarship
- una beca Erasmus ― an Erasmus scholarship
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
beca
- inflection of becar:
Further reading edit
- “beca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014