beles

See also: belés, bêles, and bêlés

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

beles

  1. second-person singular present indicative of belar

Old French

Adjective

beles

  1. feminine nominative/oblique plural of biau

Tagalog

Etymology

Derived from Spanish maravedís, plural of maravedí, ultimately from Arabic مُرَابِطِين (murābiṭīn, literally “holy men”), the name of the Almoravid rulers of Muslim Spain during the 12th century.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbeles/ [ˈbɛ.lɛs]
  • Rhymes: -eles
  • Syllabification: be‧les

Noun

beles (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. (historical) half-centavo coins (used during the Spanish occupation)
    Synonyms: kusing, binting, kumag

Derived terms
  • wala ni isang beles

Further reading
  • “beles”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎, volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504

Volapük

Noun

beles

  1. dative plural of bel
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