baik

From Classical Malay baik.

baik

1. obsolete form of baèk
2. alternative spelling of baèk
3. obsolete form of baè'
4. alternative spelling of baè'

• békin

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bait. Cognate with Tagalog bait and Maori pai.

• IPA^(key): /baiək/
• Rhymes: -aik, -ik
• Hyphenation: ba‧ik

baik

1. peaceful
2. recovered (from a disease)

Inherited from Malay baik, from Proto-Malayic *baik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bait.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaik/ [ˈba.ɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -aik
• Syllabification: baik

baik (comparative lebih baik, superlative paling baik or terbaik, equative sebaik)

1. good, nice, decent

   Synonym: bagus

2. decent, okay

baik

1. okay

Especially used to describe a good behaviour, action, or similiar compared to bagus.

• “baik”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

baik

1. second-person singular imperative of baigti

Uncertain, or could be inherited from an alternate form of Proto-Malayic *bait, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bait.^[1] Compare Tagalog bait and Maori pai.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈbaek/ [ˈba.eʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aeʔ, -eʔ

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈbaik/ [ˈba.iʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aiʔ, -iʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ik

baik (Jawi spelling باءيق)

1. good (acting in the interest of good; ethical (good intentions))
2. good (useful for a particular purpose (it’s a good watch))
3. good (of food, edible; not stale or rotten)
4. good (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste)
5. good (healthful)
6. good (pleasant; enjoyable)
7. good (of people, competent or talented)
8. good (effective)
9. good (favourable)
10. good (beneficial; worthwhile)

• bagus

baik (Jawi spelling باءيق)

1. okay (Used to indicate agreement or acceptance)

   Synonym: okey

   Baik, cikgu, saya akan siapkan kerja itu sekarang juga.

   Ok, mister, I will finish that work right now.

• > Betawi: baik (inherited)
  • > Betawi: baèk (inherited)
  • > Betawi: baè' (inherited)
• > Indonesian: baik (inherited)
• > Peranakan Indonesian: baek (inherited)

• “baik”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

From English bike.

baik

1. bike; bicycle

From English back.

baik

1. back (of the body)

baik

1. eventual
   • 1957, Johann Schmidt, “Kodedü yubid 25-yelik ela “Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans””, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, number 2, page 6:

     Obs: reidans Vpagaseda ai ädredälikobs demü cen baik in redak dub bäld vemik redakanas balid.

     We, the readers of the Volapük paper, have always been afraid of the eventual change in the editorial staff because of the extremely old age of its first editors.