beha

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See also: behå, be̍h-á, běhá, and bệ hạ

Dutch

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Etymology

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Letter-pronunciation of bh, abbreviation of bustehouder.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beːˈɦaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧ha
  • Rhymes: -aː

Noun

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beha m (plural beha's, diminutive behaatje n)

  1. a bra

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Aukan: beiha
  • Indonesian: beha

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch beha.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beha (first-person possessive behaku, second-person possessive behamu, third-person possessive behanya)

  1. (colloquial) bra
    Synonym: kutang

Further reading

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Uneapa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *bʷeka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beha

  1. flying fox

Further reading

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  • 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)