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bece

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See also: bëcé and beceʼ

Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā.

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Noun

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bēċe f

  1. beech
Declension
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Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative bēċe bēċan
accusative bēċan bēċan
genitive bēċan bēċena
dative bēċan bēċum
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Descendants
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  • Middle English: beche
    • English: beech
    • Scots: beech

Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *baki.

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beċe m (nominative plural beċas)

  1. Alternative form of bæċ (stream; brook)
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Polish

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bece f

  1. dative/locative singular of beka

Ternate

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bece

  1. dust

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh