pekan
See also: pékan
English
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Abenaki word apanakes (“pine marten”, Martes americana), or a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Penobscot cognate of it.
Noun
pekan (plural pekans)
- The fisher cat, the fisher (Martes pennanti), or the marten (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.).
Translations
fisher — see fisher
See also
Anagrams
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adjective
pekan
- accusative singular of peka
Finnish
Noun
pekan
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay pekan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Cognate to Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pekan
Usage notes
The sense of week derived from the historical fact of one market day in a week. There are some place which named from the historical market day, such as Pasar Rebo, Pasar Minggu and Senen in Jakarta and Pasar Kliwon in Surakarta.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Balinese peken (“market”), Indonesian pekan).
Pronunciation
Noun
pekan
- town (small)
Descendants
- Indonesian: pekan
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- Rhymes:Malay/əkan
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