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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.
Noun[edit]
pekan (plural pekans)
- A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
- An American marten (Martes americana).
Translations[edit]
fisher — see fisher
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Fisher (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “pekan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pekan
- accusative singular of peka
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
pekan
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malay pekan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Doublet of pekon. Cognate to Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pêkan
- (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[edit]
Further 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pekan (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
- Kamus Melayu Riau-Indonesia, 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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