besi

See also: besí

Contents

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Bilba

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Catalan

Verb

besi

1. inflection of besar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Central Melanau

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Dairi Batak

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Indonesian

Chemical element
Fe	Previous: mangan (Mn)
	Next: kobalt (Co)

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi (plural besi-besi, first-person possessive besiku, second-person possessive besimu, third-person possessive besinya)

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Karo Batak

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Komodo

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Malay

Chemical element
Fe	Previous: mangan (Mn)
	Next: kobalt (Co)

Alternative forms

• بسي‎

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəsi]
• Rhymes: -əsi, -si, -i

Noun

besi (Jawi spelling بسي‎, informal first-person possessive besiku, informal second-person possessive besimu, third-person possessive besinya)

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Synonyms

• ferum / فيروم‎

Descendants

Descendants

• → Dairi Batak: besi
• → Karo Batak: besi
• → Toba Batak: bosi / ᯅᯬᯘᯪ
• → Bau Bidayuh: bosi
• → Bilba: besi
• → Bima: βesi
• → Buginese: bessi
• Indonesian: besi
• → Old Javanese: wesi
  • Javanese: wesi
• → Kambera: báhi
• → Komodo: besi
• → Makasar: bassi
• → Malagasy: vy
• → Mandar: bassi
• → Manggarai: besi
• → Ngaju: wasi
• → Rejang: besey
• → Rembong: besi
• → Sundanese: ᮘᮩᮞᮤ (beusi)
• → Tae': bassi
• → Tetum: besi

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Middle English

Adjective

besi (comparative bisiere, superlative bisiest)

1. Alternative form of bisy

References

• “bisi (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.

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Rembong

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Sasak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

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Tetum

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

besi

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)