pirek

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Central Melanau[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?].

Noun[edit]

pirek

  1. silver (metal)

Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Root
p-r-k (lightning)
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic أَبْرَقَ (ʔabraqa).

Verb[edit]

pirek I (present pkyiprek) (intransitive)

  1. to flash (lightning)

References[edit]

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 156