bakkeleien

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === bakkelaaien (archaic, dialectal) bakkelaayen (obsolete) bakkeleijen (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ambonese Malay bakalai, from Malay berkelahi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbɑkəˈlɛi̯ə(n)/ Hyphenation: bak‧ke‧lei‧en Rhymes: -ɛi̯ən === Verb === bakkeleien (intransitive) to quarrel, to argue, to fight [with over ‘about/over’] [from 18th c.] (intransitive, archaic) to fight, to brawl (to engage in physical combat) [late 17th–20th c.] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: baklei → West Frisian: bakkeleie