pekan

See also: pékan

English

Etymology

From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.

Noun

pekan (plural pekans)

1. A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
2. An American marten (Martes americana).

Translations

fisher — see fisher

See also

• pecan

References

• Fisher (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “pekan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Panek, knape

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpekan/

Adjective

pekan

1. accusative singular of peka

Finnish

Noun

pekan

1. 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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pê‧kan
• Rhymes: -kan, -an

Noun

pêkan

1. (uncommon, sense typically in compound words) market: a gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic.

   Synonyms: balai, pasar

2. 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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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)

1. town (small)
2. (dated) market

   Synonym: pasar

3. (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.