sekam

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sekam, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *skaamʔ (“chaff; husks of paddy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ˈkam/
• Rhymes: -kam, -am, -m
• Hyphenation: sê‧kam

Noun

sêkam (plural sekam-sekam)

1. rice husk; rice hull
2. (military) chaff: loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection

Derived terms

• bersekaman

• sekam bakar
• sekam mahkota

Further reading

• “sekam”, 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 East Austroasiatic, Proto-Mon-Khmer *skaamʔ (“chaff; husks of paddy”), whence Bru sakaːm, Pnar skam, Khmer អង្កាម (ʼɑngkaam), Mon ကာံ (kam), Pacoh acam, Bolyu qam⁵³, Riang kʰɑm¹, Vietnamese cám.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səkam/
• Rhymes: -əkam, -kam, -am

Noun

sekam (Jawi spelling سکم, plural sekam-sekam or sekam²)

1. rice husk; rice hull

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• api dalam sekam

Descendants

• Indonesian: sekam

Further reading

• “sekam”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017