pekan
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English
Etymology
From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.
Noun
pekan (plural pekans)
- A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
- An American marten (Martes americana).
Translations
fisher — see fisher
See also
References
Fisher (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “pekan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adjective
pekan
- accusative singular of peka
Finnish
Noun
pekan
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay pekan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Doublet of pekon. Cognate to Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pêkan
- (uncommon, sense typically in compound words) market: a gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic.
- week
- Synonym: minggu
Usage notes
- This is one of the false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay pekan.
- The sense of week derived from the historical fact of one market day in a week. There are some places which are 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 Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
pekan (Jawi spelling ڤکن, plural pekan-pekan, informal 1st possessive pekanku, 2nd possessive pekanmu, 3rd possessive pekannya)
Usage notes
- This is one of the false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian pekan.
Descendants
- Indonesian: pekan (“market, week”)
References
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤکن pĕkan”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 466
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “pĕkan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 228
- Kamus Melayu Riau-Indonesia, Balai Bahasa Sumatera Utara Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 2018, →ISBN, page 294
Further reading
- “pekan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.