Periplus Pocket Indonesian Dictionary. Katherine Davidsen

N, V, ADJ smell, smelly; berbau V to smell, have connotations of

      baut N bolt

      bawa V to take, bring, carry; to conduct; membawa V to take, bring, carry; to conduct; terbawa ADJ (accidentally) taken away

      bawah PREP below; di ~ below, under; di ~ umur underage

      bawang N onion; ~ putih garlic

      baya N age; setengah ~ middle-aged

      bayam, bayem N spinach

      bayang N shadow, image; bayangan N shadow; terbayang ADJ imagined, conceivable

      bayar V to pay; membayar V to pay; pembayaran N payment

      bayi N baby

      béa N tax, duty, excise; ~ cukai customs

      béasiswa N scholarship, bursary

      beban N burden, load; respon­sibility

      bébas ADJ free

      bébék N duck

      beberapa ADJ several, a number of → apa, berapa

      becak N pedicab, rickshaw tricycle; tukang ~ bécak driver

      bécék ADJ muddy, wet

      béda ADJ different; ~nya ... the difference is, ...; berbéda ADJ different; membédakan V to discriminate, differentiate between, consider different; perbédaan N difference

      bedah N surgery

      bedak N powder

      begadang V to stay up all night; to sleep late

      begini ADV like this, in this manner → ini

      begitu ADV like that, in that manner → itu

      béha N bra

      bekal N provisions

      bekas ADJ used, old, former (for objects)

      bekerja V to work; ~ sama to co-operate, work together → kerja

      beku ADJ frozen; membeku V to freeze

      bél N bell

      béla V defend; ~ diri self-defense; membéla V to defend

      belah N crack, fissure, divide, splinter; belahan N half, side; membe­lah V to split in two; sebelah PREP next to; N half, side; (din kanan) on the right (side)

      belajar V to learn, study → ajar

      belakang PREP, N behind; back, rear; belakangan ADV recently; after others; ~ ini recently

      belalang N grasshopper, locust

      Belanda N the Netherlands, Holland; bahasa ~; orang ~ Dutch

      belanja V to go shopping; belanjaan N shopping; ber­belanja V to go shopping; perbelanjaan pusat ~ shopping center, mall

      belas N number between 10–20; lima ~ fifteen; belasan N dozens; sebelas N, ADJ eleven

      belérang N sulfur

      Bélgia N Belgium

      beli V to buy; membeli V to buy, purchase; pembelian N purchase

      beliau PRON he, she; him, her (respectful form of dia)

      belimbing N starfruit

      bélok turn; bélokan N bend, turn in the road; berbélok, membélok V to bend, turn

      belum ADV not yet; ~ pernah until now, never (but pos­sibly in the future); sebelum ADJ before; se­be­lumnya ADV previously, before

      belut N eel

      benang N thread

      benar, bener ADJ true, correct, right; benar-benar ADV truly, really; kebenaran N truth; membenarkan V to confirm, verify; to justify; sebenarnya ADV in fact, actually

      bencana N disaster, catas­trophe

      benci V to hate; membenci V to hate

      bendéra N flag

      béndi N two-wheeled horse-carriage

      bendung: bendungan N dam

      bener → benar

      bengkak ADJ swollen

      béngkél N garage; workshop

      béngkok ADJ bent, crooked

      bening ADJ clear, transpar­ent, clean (of glass, water etc)

      bénjol, bénjolan N mole, lump, tumor

      bénsin N petrol, gasoline

      bénténg N fort, fortress

      bentrok V to clash head-on; ben­trokan N clash, conflict

      bentuk N shape, form; ber­bentuk ADJ shaped, with the shape of; membentuk V to form, set up something (eg. committee); terbentuk ADJ formed, shaped, created

      benua N continent

      bepergian V to travel, be away → pergi

      beracun ADJ poisonous, containing poison → racun

      berada V to be somewhere; ADJ well-to-do, well-off → ada

      beragam ADJ various → ragam

      beragama ADJ religious; V to have a religion

      bérak V to poo, defecate; N poo, feces

      berakhir V to end → akhir

      beralkohol V containing alcohol; minuman ~ alco­holic drink → alkohol

      berambut ADJ hairy; V to have hair

      beranak V (of animals) to give birth to, have offspring → anak

      beranda N veranda, balcony; home (on webpage)

      berang ADJ furious, enraged

      berangkat V to depart, leave; ke­­berangkatan N departure → angkat

      berani ADJ brave, courageous; keberanian N bravery, courage

      berantakan ADJ messy, in a mess → antak

      berantas, memberantas V to wipe out, fight against

      berantem V, COLL to fight, scuffle → antem, hantam

      berapa INTERROG how many? what number?; ~ harganya? how much is it?; umur ~ how old; beberapa ADJ several, a number of → apa

      berapi ADJ burning, fire-producing (of volcanoes) → api

      berarti V to mean; ADJ meaningful → arti

      beras N rice (husked and uncooked, as sold in shops)

      berasal V to come from → asal

      berasap ADJ smoky → asap

      berat heavy, severe, difficult; weight; keberatan N objection; V to object

      beratap V to have a roof → atap

      berawal V to begin with → awal

      berawan ADJ cloudy, overcast → awan

      berbagai ADJ various, several → bagai

      berbagi V to share → bagi

      berbahagia V to be happy → bahagia

      berbahasa V to (be able to) speak or use a language → bahasa

      berbahaya V to be dangerous → bahaya

      berbakat ADJ talented, gifted → bakat

      berbaris V to line up → baris

      berbatasan V to be adjacent to → batas

      berbatu ADJ rocky, stony → batu

      berbau V to smell, have connotations of → bau

      berbéda ADJ different → béda

      berbelanja V to go shopping → belanja

      berbentuk ADJ shaped, with the shape of