beza

See also: Beza, beża', and bezą

Basque

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bes̻a/, [be̞.s̻a]

Verb

beza

  1. Third-person singular (hark), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, present imperative form of izan.

Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form ezan instead of izan.

Malay

Etymology

Probably a hypercorrection of beda from Sanskrit भेद (bheda, “contrast, distinction, difference”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /be.zə/
  • Hyphenation: bè‧za
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

beza (Jawi spelling بيذا‎, plural beza-beza, informal 1st possessive bezaku, 2nd possessive bezamu, 3rd possessive bezanya)

  1. dissimilarity
  2. difference

Alternative forms
  • beda (predominantly in Indonesia)

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • berbeza [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • membezakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • pembezaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • pembeza [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • pemerbeza [causative passive + agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peR- + peN-)
  • memperbezakan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
  • diperbezakan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Baiser, from French baiser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.za/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛza
  • Syllabification: be‧za

Noun

beza f

  1. meringue

Declension
Declension of beza
singular plural
nominative beza bezy
genitive bezy bez
dative bezie bezom
accusative bezę bezy
instrumental bezą bezami
locative bezie bezach
vocative bezo bezy

Derived terms
adjective

Further reading
  • beza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • beza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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