beker

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

beker (plural bekers, diminutive bekertjie)

1. cup, beaker

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch beker (“cup”)

beker

1. cup

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.kər/

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• Hyphenation: be‧ker
• Rhymes: -eːkər

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.

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

beker

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

• breek, breke

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

From Dutch wekker.

• weker

bekêr

1. (dialectal) alarm clock

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

bekêr

1. beaker, cup, chalice

   Synonym: piala

• “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

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

beker

1. trophy

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