bakas

bakas

1. plural of baka

• abask, kabsa

bakas

1. wild boar

• “bakas”, in Dusun dictionary, 2025–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈbakas/
• Rhymes: -akas
• Syllabification: ba‧kas

bakas

1. present of baki

bakas

1. present of bakar

• bacas (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəkas. Compare Javanese ꦧꦼꦏꦱ꧀ (bekas) and Malay bekas.

IPA^(key): /bəˈkas/ [bəˈxäs]

bakas

1. mark; sign; indication

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bekas₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

bakas

1. smoked tuna

bakas

1. mouse

• "bakas" as "Muis" in Niemann, G. K. (1869), “Mededeelingen Omtrent de Alfoersche Taal van Noord-Oost Celebes. I. Vergelijkende Woordenlijst (Vervolg)”, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië‎^[1], volume 16, number 4, →JSTOR, pages 399–446

bakas

1. passive infinitive of baka
2. present passive of baka

• bacas — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəkas, possibly via Kapampangan bakas or Malay bekas. Compare Javanese ꦧꦼꦏꦱ꧀ (bekas).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈkas/ [bɐˈxas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ba‧kas

bakás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜐ᜔)

1. sign; trace; vestige
2. fingerprint; handprint; footprint
3. trail; track

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbakas/ [ˈbaː.xɐs]
• Rhymes: -akas
• Syllabification: ba‧kas

bakas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜐ᜔)

1. partnership (in gambling or business)

   Synonyms: sosyo, sama

2. share of capital; money put in (in gambling or business)
3. partner (in business)

• “bakas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bekas₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 31

• baksa, sabak