bekel

Balinese

Romanization

bekel

1. Romanization of ᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bikkel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛkəl]
• Hyphenation: bè‧kêl

Noun

bèkêl (first-person possessive bekelku, second-person possessive bekelmu, third-person possessive bekelnya)

1. (games) knucklebones.

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦼꦏꦼꦭ꧀ (bekel, “low-ranking official”), from Old Javanese bĕkĕl (“head, leader, officer”). Doublet of bakal and bekal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəˈkəl]
• Hyphenation: bê‧kêl

Noun

bêkêl (first-person possessive bekelku, second-person possessive bekelmu, third-person possessive bekelnya)

1. (archaic) employee of a village government.
2. (archaic) rice field landlord in Java.

Compounds

• bekel bayangakra

 

Related terms

• bakal
• bebekel
• bekal
• perbekel

 

Further reading

• “bekel” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

bekel

1. Romanization of ꦧꦼꦏꦼꦭ꧀