Definition
An archaic or dialectal term for a beetle or a person who catches beetles.
Etymology
From Middle English, combining 'bete' (beetle) with an unknown suffix '-ewk', possibly related to Old English 'bitela' (beetle) with a diminutive or agent ending.
Kelly Says
This ultra-rare word shows how English dialects preserved specific vocabulary for everyday tasks—catching beetles was important enough in some regions to have its own word, but industrialization made the practice obsolete before the term was recorded widely.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
ARالعربية
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
BNবাংলা
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
CACatalà
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
CSČeština
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
DADansk
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
DEDeutsch
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
ELΕλληνικά
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
ESEspañol
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
FAفارسی
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
FISuomi
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
FRFrançais
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
HEעברית
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
HIहिन्दी
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
HUMagyar
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
IDBahasa Indonesia
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
ITItaliano
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
JA日本語
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
KO한국어
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
MSBahasa Melayu
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
MYမြန်မာ
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
NLNederlands
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
NONorsk
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
PLPolski
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
PTPortuguês
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
RORomână
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
RUРусский
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
SVSvenska
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
SWKiswahili
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
TAதமிழ்
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
TEతెలుగు
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
THไทย
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
TRTürkçe
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
UKУкраїнська
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
URاردو
bebetewk
be-be-tewk
VITiếng Việt
bebetewk
be-be-tewk