different between weight vs beka

English

Etymology

From Middle English weight, wei?te, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ?ewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *wegan? (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *we??- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”).

Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”) and Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”) and German Gewicht (“weight”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?t, IPA^(key): /we?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t
• Homophone: wait

Noun

weight (countable and uncountable, plural weights)

1. The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
2. An object used to make something heavier.
3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
4. Importance or influence.
   • 1907 Alonso de Espinosa, Hakluyt Society & Sir Clements Robert Markham, The Guanches of Tenerife: the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish conquest and settlement, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, p116

     Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate.

   • 1945 Mikia Pezas, The price of liberty, I. Washburn, Inc., p11

     "You surely are a man of some weight around here," I said.

5. (weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.

6. (lubricants) viscosity rating.
8. (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances)
9. (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances)
10. (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
11. (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
12. (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
13. (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
14. (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
15. (visual art) The illusion of mass.
16. (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
17. Pressure; burden.
18. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
19. (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.

20. (slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
    • 2002, Nicholas Dorn, Karim Murji, Nigel South, Traffickers: Drug Markets and Law Enforcement (page 5)

      [I was] doing a weight [1 lb. at that time] a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.
21. (criminal slang, dated) Money.
    • 1974, Martin R. Haskell, ?Lewis Yablonsky, Crime and Delinquency (page 96)

      No matter how much money he makes, he is still a soldier, but he has the weight.

Alternative forms

• wt. (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Related terms

• weigh

Coordinate terms

• mass
• inertial mass
• gravitational mass

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (ueito)
• ? Burmese: ???? (wit)

Translations

Verb

weight (third-person singular simple present weights, present participle weighting, simple past and past participle weighted)

1. (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
   1. (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
2. (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
3. (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
4. (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
5. (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
6. (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• bekah

Etymology

From Hebrew ??????? (beqá?, “half-sheqel”, literally “broken”).

Noun

beka (plural bekas)

1. an ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel

Anagrams

• Baek, bake, beak

Czech

Alternative forms

• backa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?ka/
• Rhymes: -?ka
• Hyphenation: be?ka
• Homophone: backa

Noun

beka

1. genitive singular of bek
2. accusative singular of bek

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *beka, from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *b?eka, *be?ka or *p?eka. Cognate with Hawaiian pe?a.

Noun

beka

1. bat (flying mammal)

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish beca.

Noun

béka

1. scholarship

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]. Compare Tagalog bigkas.

Noun

beka (plural beka-beka, informal 1st possessive bekaku, impolite 2nd possessive bekamu, 3rd possessive bekanya)

1. chat
2. discuss

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (bak?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?ka/

Verb

beka (imperfect jibki)

1. to cry

Usage notes

• Colloquially, the conjugated forms may undergo metathesis in some speakers (kbejt and jikbi instead of bkejt, jibki, etc.). Only the basic form and its negative bekiex are generally exempted from this because of the intervening vowel. Probably this phenomenon stems originally from coarticulation in fast speech, but it is not restricted to such contexts anymore.

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-béeka.

Verb

-béka

1. to put, to place

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.ka/

Etymology 1

Noun

beka f

1. (colloquial) Augmentative of beczka.
2. (colloquial) An obese person; fatso; fatty; landwhale.
3. (slang) fun or amusement at somebody's expense; ridicule

Usage notes

Often used in phrases like beka z X, where X is the object of ridicule. For example, beka ze studentów socjologii means roughly "LOL at the social science students".

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

beka m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of bek

Verb

beka

1. third-person singular present of beka?

Further reading

• beka in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• beka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-béeka.

Verb

-béka

1. to put, place

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ?????.

Noun

beka (definite accusative bekay?, plural bekalar)

1. survival, lasting, remaining

Declension

References

• beka in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bika.

Verb

beka

1. (active verb) to tar, pitch

Related terms

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-béeka.

Verb

-béka

1. to put, place

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-béeka.

Verb

-béka

1. to put, place
2. to lay
3. to store
4. to appoint

Inflection