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beke

Bingham

béke

n. a fix (used only with bo. it is idiomatic.
ex. e bo bekena.

bÉke

n. a peck, one fourth of a bushel (ENG).

Sabatier

beke

n. idiomatic word used only with bo, meaning a fall which takes the breath away.
ex. e bo bekena.

beke1

n. 1. a pick (tool). (ENG).
n. 2. peck (measure). (ENG).

beke2

n. throat, neck, hollow under Adam's apple.
ex. korea bekena, ewara bekena: to cut or stab throat,, to bleed animal.
see taebeke.
idiom. e bo bekena: takes breath away.
ex. taebeke, taebekebeke: provisions exhausted, to be in want.

Topics: The body, Numbers and counting