bea

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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

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

Pronunciation

Noun

béa (plural bea-bea, first-person possessive beaku, second-person possessive beamu, third-person possessive beanya)

  1. tax, custom duty.
    Synonyms: cukai, pajak
    1. (law, government) customs: the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
  2. expense
    Synonyms: biaya, ongkos

Alternative forms

Synonyms

  • (customs): kastam (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Min Nan: 傌仔骂仔 (bé-á)

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

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

Noun

bea f (genitive singular , plural )

  1. life

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bea vea mea
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Northern Qiang

Etymology

Cognate with Naxi bbei.

Pronunciation

Noun

bea

  1. snow

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

a bea (third-person singular present bea, past participle băut) 2nd conj.

  1. to drink

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of bearnaisesås, itself from French béarnaise + sås.

Pronunciation

Noun

bea c

  1. (cooking, colloquial) 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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bea bean beor beorna
Genitive beas beans beors beornas

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

Adjective

bea (feminine bele)

  1. beautiful; handsome; attractive; pretty