pek

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See also: Pek, pék, pe̍k, pęk, and Pęk

Basque

Noun

pek

  1. ergative indefinite of pe

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pec, from Old Dutch pek, from Latin pīx. Cognate with German Pech (from which Dutch pech), English pitch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛk/
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  • Hyphenation: pek
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

pek m (uncountable)

  1. pitch (sticky substance used as an adhesive and sealant)
    In de Middeleeuwen werd pek gebruikt om schepen te beschermen tegen lekken. ― During the Middle Ages, pitch was used to protect ships against leaks.

Derived terms

-general:

-types of pitch:

Descendants

  • → Lokono: pesi
  • → Indonesian: pek
  • → Japanese: ペンキ (penki)
  • → Russian: пек (pek)
  • → Papiamentu: pek (dated)

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

From Dutch pek, from Middle Dutch pec, from Old Dutch pek, from Latin pīx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛk/
  • Hyphenation: pèk

Noun

pèk (first-person possessive pekku, second-person possessive pekmu, third-person possessive peknya)

  1. (colloquial) pitch (sticky substance)
    Synonyms: ter, aspal, belangkin

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛk/
  • Hyphenation: pèk

Noun

pèk (first-person possessive pekku, second-person possessive pekmu, third-person possessive peknya)

  1. (Jakarta) Alternative form of empek

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

pek

  1. imperative of peke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

pek

  1. (non-standard since 2012) imperative of peka

Q'eqchi

Noun

pek

  1. stone

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Beck, Bäck, archaic variant of Bäcker (“baker”).

Noun

pek m (Cyrillic spelling пек)

  1. (regional, Kajkavian) baker
    Synonym: pekar

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

pẹ̄k m anim

  1. baker

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. pék
gen. sing. péka
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		pék péka péki
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		péka pékov pékov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		péku pékoma pékom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		péka péka péke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		péku pékih pékih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		pékom pékoma péki

Further reading

  • “pek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پك (bek, pek), from Proto-Turkic *bek (“firm, solid, stable”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur (bek, “firm, solid; very”); Bashkir бик (bik, “very”), Kazakh бек (bek, “very, firm”), Uyghur بەك (bek, “very”), etc.

Pronunciation

Adverb

pek

  1. very
    Pek zorlu yollardan geçtiler.
    They went through very difficult roads.
  2. firm, strong.
    Bu nesne taştan pektir.
    This object is firmer than a stone.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “pek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Yucatec Maya

Noun

pek

  1. Obsolete spelling of peekʼ
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