sekstan

Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sekstan

Etymology

From Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Numeral

sekstan

1. sixteen (cardinal number after fimtan (“fifteen”) and before seytjan (“seventeen”))

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch sextant, from Latin sextāns.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛkstan/ [ˈsɛks.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -ɛkstan
• Syllabification: seks‧tan

Noun

sekstan (plural sekstan-sekstan)

1. (nautical) sextant (navigational instrument)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Modang [Term?] (Wehea).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsəkstan/ [ˈsəks.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -əkstan
• Syllabification: seks‧tan

Noun

sekstan (plural sekstan-sekstan)

1. a rice measuring tool made of rattan for 1 or 2 kilograms

Further reading

• “sekstan”, 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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sextán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɛksta(n)/

Numeral

sekstan

1. (High Norwegian) alternative form of seksten

See also

• trettan
• fjortan
• femtan
• syttan
• attan
• nittan