beker
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch beker, from Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium.
Noun
beker (plural bekers, diminutive bekertjie)
- cup, beaker
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeː.kər/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧ker
- Rhymes: -eːkər
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium, probably a diminutive of Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “amphora”). Cognate with English beaker. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
beker m (plural bekers, diminutive bekertje n)
- beaker, cup, chalice (drinking vessel, often but not always without a handle, generally not made of glass)
- cup (trophy)
Derived terms
- bekerduel
- bekeren
- bekerplant
- bekertoernooi
- bekerwedstrijd
- drinkbeker
- maatbeker
- melkbeker
- wijnbeker
Descendants
- Afrikaans: beker
- Negerhollands: beeker
- → Indonesian: beker
- → Papiamentu: beker
- → Sranan Tongo: beiker
- → Caribbean Javanese: bèker
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
beker
- first-person singular present indicative of bekeren
- imperative of bekeren
Anagrams
- breek, breke
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛkər]
- Hyphenation: bè‧kêr
Etymology 1
From Dutch wekker (“alarm clock”).
Noun
bèkêr (first-person possessive bekerku, second-person possessive bekermu, third-person possessive bekernya)
- alarm clock
Alternative forms
- weker (informal)
Etymology 2
From Dutch beker, from Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium. Cognate with English beaker.
Noun
bèkêr (first-person possessive bekerku, second-person possessive bekermu, third-person possessive bekernya)
- beaker, cup, chalice
- Synonym: piala
Further reading
- “beker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.