pekan
See also: pékan
English
Etymology
From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.
Noun
pekan (plural pekans)
- The fisher cat, the fisher (Martes pennanti), or the marten (Martes americana).
Translations
fisher — see fisher
See also
- pecan
Anagrams
- Panek, knape
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpekan/
Adjective
pekan
- accusative singular of peka
Finnish
Noun
pekan
- genitive singular of pekka
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay pekan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Doublet of pekon. Cognate to Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəkan/
- Hyphenation: pê‧kan
- Rhymes: -kan, -an
Noun
pêkan
- market: a gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic.
- Synonym: pasar
- 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
- sepekan
- pekan budaya
- pekan raya
- pekan seni
- pekan suci
Further reading
- “pekan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Balinese ᬧᭂᬓᭂᬦ᭄ (peken, “market”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəkan/
- Rhymes: -əkan, -kan, -an
Noun
pekan (Jawi spelling ڤکن, plural pekan-pekan, informal 1st possessive pekanku, 2nd possessive pekanmu, 3rd possessive pekannya)
- town (small)
- (dated) market
- Synonym: pasar
- (dated, esp. in Riau) week
- Synonym: minggu
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.