benar

English

Adjective

benar

  1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) comparative form of bene: more bene
    • 1611, Middleton, Thomas, The Roaring Girle‎:
      A gage of ben Rom-bouse, / In a bousing-ken of Rom-vile, / Is benar than a Caster, / Pecke, pennam, lay, or popler, / Which we mill in deuse a vile.
      A pot of good wine, / In a pub of London, / Is better than a cloak, / Meat, bread, milk, or porridge, / Which we steal in the countryside.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay benar, from Proto-Malayic *bənər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bənər.

Adverb

benar

  1. true
  2. right, correct
  3. very
  4. many

Adjective

benar

  1. true
  2. right, correct
  3. valid

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bənər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bənər.

Adverb

benar

  1. true
  2. right, correct
  3. very
  4. many

Adjective

benar

  1. true
  2. right, correct
  3. valid

Old Irish

Verb

benar

  1. inflection of benaid:
    1. third-person singular present indicative passive relative
    2. third-person singular imperative passive

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
benar benar
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbenar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Verb

benar

  1. present tense of bena.
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