perbekel
Indonesian
Etymology
Compare to Javanese ꦧꦼꦏꦼꦭ꧀ (bekel, “low-ranking official”), Old Javanese bĕkĕl (“head, leader, officer”), probably came from Old Javanese bakal (“prospective, future”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pərbəˈkəl]
- Hyphenation: pêr‧bê‧kêl
Noun
pêrbêkêl (first-person possessive perbekelku, second-person possessive perbekelmu, third-person possessive perbekelnya)
- (archaic) employee of a village government.
- (archaic) head of a hamlet
- (dialect, Bali) head of a village
Related terms
- bekel
Further reading
- “perbekel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.