bĕḍah

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq (doublet of barah), from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.dah/
• Rhymes: -dah
• Hyphenation: be‧dhah

Verb

bĕḍah

1. to break, to burst

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦼꦝꦃ (bedhah)
  • → Malay: bedah
    • Indonesian: bedah
• → Balinese: ᬩᭂᬥᬄ (bedah)

Further reading

• "bĕḍah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.