bekal

See also: bekał

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bekal, from Old Javanese bĕkĕl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəˈkal]
• Hyphenation: bê‧kal

Noun

bêkal (plural bekal-bekal, first-person possessive bekalku, second-person possessive bekalmu, third-person possessive bekalnya)

1. provision, stock
2. (colloquial) capital, money and wealth or goods as a factor of production.

   Synonym: modal

Derived terms

• bekal-bekalan
• berbekal
• berbekalkan
• dibekali
• dibekalkan
• membekali
• membekalkan
• pembekal
• pembekalan
• perbekalan

 

Related terms

• bakal
• bebekel
• bekel

 

Further reading

• “bekal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.