pecah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pecah, from Classical Malay ڤچه (pecah), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəcəq (“break into several large pieces; to hatch, of an egg”), from Proto-Austronesian *pəcəq (“break into several large pieces”). Cognate with Tagalog pisa and Hawaiian hoa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈt͡ʃah/ [pəˈt͡ʃah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: pe‧cah

Adjective

pêcah (comparative lebih pecah, superlative paling pecah)

1. broken

Derived terms

• berpecah
• berpecahan
• dipecah
• dipecahkan
• kepecahan
• memecah
• memecahkan (“to break”)
• pecahan
• pemecah
• pemecahan
• perpecahan
• terpecah
• terpecah-pecah

• pecah baunya
• pecah bulu
• pecah hati
• pecah kendali
• pecah ketuban
• pecah kongsi
• pecah pola
• pecah seribu
• pecah sudut bibir
• pecah telur

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*peceq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “pecah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəcəq (“break into several large pieces; to hatch, of an egg”), from Proto-Austronesian *pəcəq (“break into several large pieces”). Cognate with Tagalog pisa and Hawaiian hoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈt͡ʃah/ [pəˈt͡ʃah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Hyphenation: pe‧cah

Verb

pecah (Jawi spelling ڤچه)

1. (intransitive) to break

   Synonyms: retak, rekah

   Cawan kaca ini pecah disebabkan oleh bunyi yang bernada tinggi itu.

   This glass cup broke because of that high-pitched sound.

Adjective

pecah (Jawi spelling ڤچه, comparative lebih pecah, superlative paling pecah)

1. (of star shapes) pointed

   bintang pecah lima: five-pointed star

Derived terms

• dipecahkan
• memecah
• memecahkan
• pecahan
• pemecah
• terpecah

• pecah belah
• pecah masuk

Descendants

• > Indonesian: pecah (inherited)

Further reading

• "pecah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *peceq