bea

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bea"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Beaver.

Symbol

bea

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Beaver.

See also

Akan

Noun

bea

  1. zone

Derived terms

  • -bea (“place of ...”)

Aloápam Zapotec

Noun

bea

  1. cloud

Basque

Noun

bea

  1. absolutive singular of be

Bughotu

Noun

bea

  1. water
  2. juice
  3. liquid

References

  • W. Ivens, Bugotu-English/English-Bugotu Concise Dictionary (1998)

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bea, from Javanese ꦧꦺꦪ (béya), from Old Javanese beya, from Sanskrit व्यय (vyaya). Doublet of biaya.

Pronunciation

Noun

béa (plural bea-bea)

  1. tax, custom duty
    Synonyms: cukai, pajak
    1. (law, government) customs: the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
      Synonym: kastam (Malay)
  2. expense
    Synonyms: biaya, ongkos
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • dibea
  • membea
  • bea akses bandara
  • bea balik nama
  • bea berdiskriminasi
  • bea cukai
  • bea ekspor
  • bea emisi
  • bea fasilitas
  • bea impor
  • bea impor protektif
  • bea keluar
  • bea lelang
  • bea masuk
  • bea masuk antidumping
  • bea masuk antidumping sementara
  • bea masuk ganda
  • bea masuk imbalan
  • bea masuk imbalan sementara
  • bea masuk tindakan pengamanan
  • bea materai
  • bea meterai
  • bea pabean
  • bea pelabuhan
  • bea pengimbang
  • bea perolehan
  • bea retribusi
  • bea siswa
  • bea tambahan impor
  • bea warisan
  • akses internet bebas bea
  • bebas bea
  • pengembalian bea
  • remisi bea
  • sistem pengembalian bea impor
  • tanggung jawab bea
  • zona bebas bea
Descendants
  • → Min Nan: 傌仔/㐷仔 (bé-á)[1]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mentawai [Term?].

Pronunciation

Noun

béa (plural bea-bea)

  1. (dialectal) coconut husk.[since 2024]
    Synonym: sabut kelapa

References

  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Hyphenation: bè‧a

Verb

bea

  1. inflection of beare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

beā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of beō

References

Malay

Noun

bea

  1. Taxes, toll, dues.

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bea
  • → Min Nan: 傌仔/㐷仔 (bé-á)[1]

References

  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish betha, from Old Irish bethu (“life, existence”), from Proto-Celtic *biwotūts, from *biwos from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beː/

Noun

bea f (genitive singular bea, no plural)

  1. life

Derived terms

  • bea cheintyssagh (“sex life”)
  • bea chretooragh (“animal life”)
  • bea ny hanmey (“spiritual life”)
  • bea veayn (“eternal life, long life”)
  • ushtey bea (“whisky”)

Mutation

Mutation of bea
radical lenition eclipsis
bea vea mea

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Northern Qiang

Etymology

Cognate with Naxi bbei.

Pronunciation

Noun

bea

  1. snow

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bibere, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be̯a/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: bea
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

a bea (third-person singular present bea, past participle băut, third-person subjunctive bea or (regional) beie) 2nd conjugation

  1. to drink

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

bea

Etymology

Clipping of bearnaisesås, itself from French béarnaise + sås.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²beːa/

Noun

bea c

  1. (cooking, slang) synonym of bearnaisesås (“béarnaise sauce”)
    en pizza med bea
    a pizza with béarnaise
  2. (cooking) synonym of falsk bearnaisesås (“faux béarnaise sauce”)

Usage notes

The term bea can sometimes be used on a menu for a simplified sauce that in consistency and flavour is very similar to béarnaise sauce; a falsk bearnaisesås (“faux béarnaise sauce”).

Declension

Declension of bea
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bea beas
definite bean beans
plural indefinite beor beors
definite beorna beornas

References

Tabo

Noun

bea

  1. water

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19, and S. A. Wurm, The Kiwaian Language Family (1973), pages 217-224, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (K. J. Franklin, editor)

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French biau, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bja/, /bɛː/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

bea (feminine bele)

  1. beautiful; handsome; attractive; pretty