perbekel
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Balinese ᬧᭂᬃᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄ (perbekel), ᬧ᭄ᬭᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄ (prabekel, “village head”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pêrbêkêl (first-person possessive perbekelku, second-person possessive perbekelmu, third-person possessive perbekelnya)
- (archaic) employee of a village government.
- (archaic) head of a hamlet
- (dialect, Bali) head of a village
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “perbekel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.