beker

See also: Beker

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch beker, from Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium.

Noun

beker (plural bekers, diminutive bekertjie)

1. cup, beaker

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch beker (“cup”)

Noun

beker

1. cup

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.kər/

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• 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)

1. beaker, cup, chalice (drinking vessel, often but not always without a handle, generally not made of glass)
2. cup (trophy)

   Synonym: cup

Derived terms

• bekerduel
• bekeren
• bekermos
• bekerplant
• bekertoernooi
• bekerwedstrijd
• drinkbeker
• gifbeker
• maatbeker
• melkbeker
• trechterbeker
• wijnbeker

Descendants

• Afrikaans: beker
• Negerhollands: beeker
• → Ambonese Malay: beker
• → Betawi: bèker
• → Indonesian: beker
• → Manado Malay: beker
• → Papiamentu: beker
• → Sranan Tongo: beiker
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bèker

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beker

1. inflection of bekeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• breek, breke

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbekər/ [ˈbe.kər]
• Rhymes: -ekər
• Syllabification: be‧ker

Etymology 1

From Dutch wekker.

Alternative forms

• weker

Noun

bekêr

1. (dialectal) alarm clock

Etymology 2

From Dutch beker, from Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium.

Noun

bekêr

1. beaker, cup, chalice

   Synonym: piala

Further reading

• “beker”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Manado Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch beker (“cup”). Cognate of Indonesian beker.

Noun

beker

1. trophy

References

• Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara