pirek

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Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian .

Noun

pirek

  1. silver (metal)

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-r-k (lightning)
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَبْرَقَ (ʔabraqa).

Verb

pirek I (present pkyiprek) (intransitive)

  1. to flash (lightning)

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 156