bedo

See also: bédo and bědo

English

Etymology

From Middle English bedon, from Old English bedōn (“to shut”), equivalent to be- +‎ do.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdu(ː)/

Verb

bedo (third-person singular simple present bedoes, present participle bedoing, simple past bedid, past participle bedone)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To shut; make or put to.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To befoul; defile with ordure.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To adorn; ornament; garnish.

Anagrams

• Bode, Dobe, Debo, bode, Obed, dobe

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *badją

Proto-West Germanic *badi

Old English bedd

Middle English bed

English bedbor.

Esperanto bedo

Borrowed from English bed. Compare German Beet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbedo/

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• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: be‧do

Noun

bedo (accusative singular bedon, plural bedoj, accusative plural bedojn)

1. bed (of a garden, i.e. garden bed)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦼꦝꦺꦴ (bedho, “draw”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈdo/ [bəˈdo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: be‧do

Adjective

bêdo (comparative lebih bedo, superlative paling bedo)

1. (dialect) draw, tied

   Synonyms: balui, seri

Further reading

• “bedo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Adjective

bedo

1. nonstandard spelling of béda

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bedo (Cyrillic spelling бедо)

1. vocative singular of beda