betis

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay betis, from Proto-Malayic *bətis (compare Malay betis), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Balinese ᬩᬢᬶᬲ᭄ (batis)).

Noun

betis (plural betis-betis, first-person possessive betisku, second-person possessive betismu, third-person possessive betisnya)

  1. (anatomy) calf (anatomy: back of the leg below the knee)

Latin

Verb

bētis

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of bētō

References
  • betis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • betis in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bətis (compare Indonesian betis), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Balinese ᬩᬢᬶᬲ᭄ (batis)).

Pronunciation

Noun

betis

  1. (anatomy) calf (anatomy: back of the leg below the knee)

Old Irish

Verb

betis

  1. third-person plural past subjunctive of is
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