pekan
See also: pékan
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.
Noun
editpekan (plural pekans)
- A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
- An American marten (Martes americana).
Translations
editfisher — see fisher
See also
editReferences
edit- Fisher (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “pekan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
editEsperanto
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editpekan
- accusative singular of peka
Finnish
editNoun
editpekan
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay pekan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Doublet of pekon. Cognate to Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpêkan
- (uncommon, sense typically in compound words) market: a gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic.
- week
- Synonym: minggu
Usage notes
edit- This is one of the false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay pekan.
- The sense of week derived from the historical fact of one market day in a week. There are some places which are named from the historical market day, such as Pasar Rebo, Pasar Minggu and Senen in Jakarta and Pasar Kliwon in Surakarta.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “pekan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpekan (Jawi spelling ڤکن, plural pekan-pekan, informal 1st possessive pekanku, 2nd possessive pekanmu, 3rd possessive pekannya)
Usage notes
edit- This is one of the false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian pekan.
Descendants
edit- Indonesian: pekan (“market, week”)
References
edit- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤکن pĕkan”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 466
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “pĕkan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 228
- “pekan”, in Kamus Melayu Riau-Indonesia [Riau Malay-Indonesian Dictionary], Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 1997, page 294
- Kamus Melayu Sumatera Utara [North Sumatra Malay Dictionary], Balai Bahasa Sumatera Utara Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 2018, →ISBN, page 294
Further reading
edit- “pekan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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