bakas

English

Noun

bakas

1. plural of baka

Anagrams

• abask, kabsa

Central Dusun

Noun

bakas

1. wild boar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbakas/
• Hyphenation: ba‧kas

Verb

bakas

1. present of baki

Ido

Verb

bakas

1. present of bakar

Maranao

Noun

bakas

1. smoked tuna

Swedish

Verb

bakas

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bacas — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bakás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜐ᜔)

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

Derived terms

• bakas-daliri
• bakas-paa
• bakasan
• bakasin
• bumakas
• himakas
• kabakasan
• mabakas
• magbakas
• pahimakas

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• bakasan
• ibakas
• kabakas
• magbakas
• magkabakas
• magkakabakas
• pagbakas-bakasin
• pagbakasin

 

Further reading

• “bakas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bekas₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• baksa, sabak