bekel
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)
- (games) knucklebones.
Etymology 2
From Javanese ꦧꦼꦏꦼꦭ꧀ (bekel, “low-ranking official”), from Old Javanese bĕkĕl (“head, leader, officer”), probably came from Old Javanese bakal (“prospective, future”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bəˈkəl]
- Hyphenation: bê‧kêl
Noun
bêkêl (first-person possessive bekelku, second-person possessive bekelmu, third-person possessive bekelnya)
- (archaic) employee of a village government.
- (archaic) rice field landlord in Java.
Compounds
- bekel bayangakra
Related terms
- perbekel
Further reading
- “bekel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.