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Dutch
Etymology
Letter-pronunciation of bh, abbreviation of bustehouder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːˈɦaː/
- Hyphenation: be‧ha
- Rhymes: -aː
Noun
beha m (plural beha's, diminutive behaatje n)
- a bra
Synonyms
Descendants
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch beha.
Pronunciation
Noun
beha (first-person possessive behaku, second-person possessive behamu, third-person possessive behanya)
- (colloquial) bra
- Synonym: kutang
Further reading
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *bʷeka.
Pronunciation
Noun
beha
- flying fox
Further reading
- Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
- Ross, Malcolm D. (2011) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 4, Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)