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bea.

tax, custom duty

3 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbea/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbe.a]Standard-Indonesian
  1. tax, custom duty

  2. tax, custom duty customs: the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods

  3. expense

Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈbea/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbe.a]Standard-Indonesian
  1. coconut husk.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Mentawai [Term?].

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