pek

See also: Pek, pék, pe̍k, pęk, and Pęk

Basque

Noun

pek

1. ergative indefinite of pe

Dutch

Alternative forms

• pik (dated)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pec, from Old Dutch pek, from Latin pīx. Cognate with German Pech (from which Dutch pech), English pitch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛk/

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• Hyphenation: pek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

pek m (uncountable)

1. pitch (sticky substance used as an adhesive and sealant)

   In de Middeleeuwen werd pek gebruikt om schepen te beschermen tegen lekken. ― During the Middle Ages, pitch was used to protect ships against leaks.

Derived terms

-general:

• pekblende
• pekbrander
• pekdoek
• pekdraad
• pekhandel
• pekkleed
• pekkoker
• pekkwast
• peklepel
• peklucht
• pekmuts
• pekolie
• pekoven
• pekpleister
• pekreep
• pekturf
• pekvat

 

-types of pitch:

• aardpek
• bergpek
• briketpek
• brouwerspek
• houtpek
• pijnpek
• scheepspek

 

Descendants

• → Lokono: pesi
• → Indonesian: pek
• → Japanese: ペンキ (penki)
• → Russian: пек (pek)
• → Papiamentu: pek (dated)

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch pek, from Middle Dutch pec, from Old Dutch pek, from Latin pīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛk/
• Hyphenation: pèk

Noun

pèk (first-person possessive pekku, second-person possessive pekmu, third-person possessive peknya)

1. (colloquial) pitch (sticky substance)

   Synonyms: ter, aspal, belangkin

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛk/
• Hyphenation: pèk

Noun

pèk (first-person possessive pekku, second-person possessive pekmu, third-person possessive peknya)

1. (Jakarta) Alternative form of empek

Further reading

• “pek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

pek

1. imperative of peke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

pek

1. (non-standard since 2012) imperative of peka

Q'eqchi

Noun

pek

1. stone

Derived terms

• pekark (“harden”, verb)

Further reading

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Beck, Bäck, archaic variant of Bäcker (“baker”).

Noun

pek m (Cyrillic spelling пек)

1. (regional, Kajkavian) baker

   Synonym: pekar

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pèːk/, /péːk/

Noun

pẹ̄k m anim

1. baker

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pék
gen. sing.	péka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pék	péka	péki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	péka	pékov	pékov
dative (dajȃlnik)	péku	pékoma	pékom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	péka	péka	péke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	péku	pékih	pékih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pékom	pékoma	péki

Further reading

• “pek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پك (bek, pek), from Proto-Turkic *bek (“firm, solid, stable”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bek, “firm, solid; very”); Bashkir бик (bik, “very”), Kazakh бек (bek, “very, firm”), Uyghur بەك (bek, “very”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pec/

Adverb

pek

1. very

   Pek zorlu yollardan geçtiler.

   They went through very difficult roads.

2. firm, strong.

   Bu nesne taştan pektir.

   This object is firmer than a stone.

Derived terms

• pekâlâ
• peki, pekiyi
• pekişmek

Related terms

• beklemek
• berk

Further reading

• “pek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Yucatec Maya

Noun

pek

1. Obsolete spelling of peekʼ