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Old Javanese
Etymology
Unknown, probably came from bakal (“prospective, future”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[b]kəl[ ] (“to give, make over”). Doublet of bakal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bə.kəl/
- Rhymes: -kəl
- Hyphenation: bĕ‧kĕl
Noun
bĕkĕl
- provision
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
bĕkĕl
- leader, head
- officer
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "bĕkĕl" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.