beno
English edit
Etymology edit
Modification of Spanish vino (“wine”).[1]
Noun edit
beno (uncountable)
- An alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented sap of palm trees, originating from the Philippines.
- 1900, Harper’s History of the War in the Philippines, page 315:
- In cases of continuous intoxication it results in dysentery, fevers, insanity, and drinking beno is the cause of many deaths.
- 1925, Cosmopolitan, page 18:
- I had some beno in my canteen and I took a few nips to steady me.
- 1975, Willard B. Gatewood, Jr., Black Americans and the White Man’s Burden, 1898-1903, page 270:
- Lounging around village shops watching the girls and drinking beno, a potent alcoholic beverage, helped some of the soldiers overcome their boredom.
- 2006, The Journals, page 53:
- He must have been drinking beno for he took a header, and as he went over the boat dipped considerably and of course soaked part of us.
References edit
- ^ “beno”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
beno (accusative singular benon, plural benoj, accusative plural benojn)
Related terms edit
- beni (“to bless”)
Kituba edit
Pronoun edit
beno
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
From N- (nominalizer) + feno (“to close (transitive)”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beno
- a wall
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh