ꦧꦏ꧀

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/
• Rhymes: -bak
• Hyphenation: bak

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese bĕk, bök (“full; filling, plentiful, abundant”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bhiiʔ (“sated, full”).

Adjective

ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)

1. full

Derived terms

• ꦏꦼꦧꦏ꧀ (kebak)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch bak (“container, vessel”).

Noun

ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)

1. container.
2. water container.
3. sugarcane field plot.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 墨 (ba̍k, “Chinese ink”).

Noun

ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)

1. black Chinese ink.

Etymology 4

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)

1. three cards are all the same in the game

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “bak”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN