Badek or Badik from Celebes open for discussion

[Ian]

Originally Posted by kai

... If I'm not mistaken, this loosely translates into "handsome guy"...

Hi Kai,

I think perhaps this comes from the Spanish verb mellar which means to knick (as in a blade), damage, or notch. From which mello = I knick. ("The handsome guy" would need a masculine article rather than the feminine la. )

Or it could be a person's name or the name of a place.

Ian.