# bea
## Aloápam Zapotec
### Noun

bea
* cloud

## Basque
### Noun

bea
* absolutive singular of be

## Bughotu
### Noun

bea
* water
* juice
* liquid

### References

* W. Ivens, Bugotu-English/English-Bugotu Concise Dictionary (1998)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay bea, from Javanese ꦧꦺꦪ (béya), from Old Javanese beya, from Sanskrit व्यय (vyaya). Doublet of biaya.
* Displaced Dutch recht (“a formal fee, custom, duty to be paid”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbea̯/
* Hyphenation: béa
* Rhymes: -bea̯, -ea̯, -a

### Noun

béa (plural bea-bea)
* tax, custom duty.
    Synonyms: cukai, pajak
** (law, government) customs: the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
* expense
    Synonyms: biaya, ongkos

#### Alternative forms

* bia
* beja (1942-1945)

#### Synonyms

* (customs): kastam (Standard Malay)

#### Derived terms

* dibea
* membea
* bea akses bandara
* bea berdiskriminasi
* bea cukai
* bea ekspor
* bea emisi
* bea fasilitas
* bea impor
* bea impor protektif
* bea keluar
* bea masuk
* bea masuk ganda
* bea materai
* bea meterai
* bea pabean
* bea pelabuhan
* bea pengimbang
* bea retribusi
* bea tambahan impor
* bea warisan
* akses internet bebas bea
* bebas bea
* pengembalian bea
* remisi bea
* sistem pengembalian bea impor
* tanggung jawab bea
* zona bebas bea

#### Related terms

* biaya
* pabean

#### Descendants

* → Min Nan: 傌仔／骂仔 (bé-á)

### References

* ↑ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

### Further reading

* “bea” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
* Bunbunan E. J. Hutampea, Soemarso S. R., Jan Hoesada, Indriani Eko Yulianto, Meity Taqdir Qodratillah, T. B. Gultom (1993) Kamus Keuangan [Dictionary of Finance] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 6: “bea”

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛ.a/
* Rhymes: -ɛa
* Hyphenation: bè‧a

### Verb

bea
* inflection of beare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Verb

beā
* second-person singular present active imperative of beō

### References

* bea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Malay
### Noun

bea
* Taxes, toll, dues.

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: bea
* → Min Nan: 傌仔／骂仔 (bé-á)

### References

* ↑ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

## Manx
### Etymology

From Middle Irish betha, from Old Irish bethu (“life, existence”), from Proto-Celtic *biwotūts, from *biwos from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beː/

### Noun

bea f (genitive singular bea, no plural)
* life

#### Derived terms

* bea cheintyssagh (“sex life”)
* bea chretooragh (“animal life”)
* bea ny hanmey (“spiritual life”)
* bea veayn (“eternal life, long life”)
* ushtey bea (“whisky”)

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “betha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Northern Qiang
### Etymology

Cognate with Naxi bbei.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pe/

### Noun

bea
* snow

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin bibere, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /be̯a/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: bea
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

a bea (third-person singular present bea, past participle băut) 2nd conjugation
* to drink

#### Derived terms

* băutor m, băutoare f
* bere

#### Related terms

* băutură
* beat
* bețiv
* zbea

#### See also

* mânca
* sorbi

## Swedish
### Etymology

Clipping of bearnaisesås, itself from French béarnaise + sås.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²beːa/

### Noun

bea c
* (cooking, slang) Synonym of bearnaisesås (“béarnaise sauce”)
    en pizza med beaa pizza with béarnaise
* (cooking) Synonym of falsk bearnaisesås (“faux béarnaise sauce”)

#### Usage notes

The term bea can sometimes be used on a menu for a simplified sauce that in consistency and flavour is very similar to béarnaise sauce; a falsk bearnaisesås (“faux béarnaise sauce”).

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | bea | beas |
| singular | definite | bean | beans |
| plural | indefinite | beor | beors |
| plural | definite | beorna | beornas |

### References

* Slangopedia

## Tabo
### Noun

bea
* water

### References

* transnewguinea.org, citing G. Reesink Languages of the Aramia River Area (1976), Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19, and S. A. Wurm, The Kiwaian Language Family (1973), pages 217-224, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (K. J. Franklin, editor)

## Walloon
### Etymology

From Old French biau, from Latin bellus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bja/, /bɛː/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

bea (feminine bele)
* beautiful; handsome; attractive; pretty