pakan

See also: pak-an

Finnish

Noun

pakan

1. genitive singular of pakka

Anagrams

• kapan

Gun

Alternative forms

• kpákàn (Benin)

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-kpá. Cognate with Adja ekpa, Saxwe Gbe okpá, Ewe ekpɔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pá.kã̀/

Noun

pákàn (plural pákàn lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. fence

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpakan/ [ˈpa.kan]
• Rhymes: -akan
• Syllabification: pa‧kan

Etymology 1

From Malay pakan, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pakan

Noun

pakan (plural pakan-pakan)

1. weft (threads that crosses the warp thread in a woven fabric)

   Antonym: lungsin

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

pakan (plural pakan-pakan)

1. Croton argyratus

Etymology 3

From Javanese pakan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pa-kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Doublet of pangan and makan.

Noun

pakan (plural pakan-pakan)

1. fodder; feed

Further reading

• “pakan” 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.

Unami

Etymology

From pàke (“to be flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʌkːan]

Noun

pàkan

1. width