baik

See also: Baik

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bait. Cognate with Tagalog bait and Maori pai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baik/
• Rhymes: -aik, -ik
• Hyphenation: ba‧ik

Adjective

baik

1. peaceful
2. recovered (from a disease)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay baik.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbaiʔ/, [ˈba.iʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ik

Adjective

baik (superlative terbaik, equative sebaik)

1. good

Derived terms

• baikan (“improvement”)
• kebaikan (“goodness”)
• membaik (“to improve”)
• membaiki (“to repair, mend”)
• memperbaiki (“to fix”)
• sebaiknya (“should”)
• sebaik (“as good as”)
• terbaik (“best”)

Interjection

baik

1. okay (Used to indicate agreement or acceptance)

Lithuanian

Verb

baik

1. second-person singular imperative of baigti

Malay

Etymology

From *baik, variant of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bait. Cognate with Tagalog bait and Maori pai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baik/
• Rhymes: -aik, -ik
• Hyphenation: ba‧ik
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [bäʲɪʔ, -ʲeʔ, -ʲe̞ʔ]

Adjective

baik (Jawi spelling باءيق)

1. good (acting in the interest of good; ethical (good intentions))
2. good (useful for a particular purpose (it’s a good watch))
3. good (of food, edible; not stale or rotten)
4. good (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste)
5. good (healthful)
6. good (pleasant; enjoyable)
7. good (of people, competent or talented)
8. good (effective)
9. good (favourable)
10. good (beneficial; worthwhile)

Synonyms

• bagus

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pembaik [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pembaikan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• perbaikan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit + causative passive] (-an + peR-)
• kebaikan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• berbaik-baik [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
• sebaik-baik [reduplication + comparability] (redup + se-)
• sebaik [comparability] (se-)
• membaikkan [causative benefactive + agent focus] (-kan + meN-)
• membaiki [causative (locative) benefactive + agent focus] (-i + meN-)
• memperbaiki [causative (locative) benefactive + causative agent focus] (-i + mempeR-)
• berbaik [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• memperbaik [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• sebaiknya
• tambah baik

Interjection

baik (Jawi spelling باءيق)

1. okay (Used to indicate agreement or acceptance)

   Synonym: okey

   Baik, cikgu, saya akan siapkan kerja itu sekarang juga.

   Ok, mister, I will finish that work right now.

Further reading

• “baik” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bike.

Noun

baik

1. bike; bicycle

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English back.

Noun

baik

1. back (of the body)

Volapük

Adjective

baik

1. eventual
   • 1957, Johann Schmidt, “Kodedü yubid 25-yelik ela “Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans””, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, number 2, page 6:

     Obs: reidans Vpagaseda ai ädredälikobs demü cen baik in redak dub bäld vemik redakanas balid.

     We, the readers of the Volapük paper, have always been afraid of the eventual change in the editorial staff because of the extremely old age of its first editors.

Declension

Declension of baik

preceding noun		positive				comparative				superlative
		baik				baikum				baikün
separated		singular		plural		singular		plural		singular		plural
nominative		baik		baiks		baikum		baikums		baikün		baiküns
genitive		baika		baikas		baikuma		baikumas		baiküna		baikünas
dative		baike		baikes		baikume		baikumes		baiküne		baikünes
accusative		baiki		baikis		baikumi		baikumis		baiküni		baikünis
predicative		baiku		baikus		baikumu		baikumus		baikünu		baikünus
vocative		o baik!		o baiks!		o baikum!		o baikums!		o baikün!		o baiküns!