pecut

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pecut (“to whip up”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pecut. Cognate with Kimaragang posut, Javanese pecut, and Sundanese pecut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.ˈt͡ʃʊt/
• Rhymes: -ˈt͡ʃʊt
• Hyphenation: pê‧cut

Noun

pêcut (plural pecut-pecut)

1. whip

   Synonym: cambuk

Derived terms

• dipecut
• memecut
• pecutan
• pemecutan

 

Further reading

• “pecut” 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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pecut. Cognate with Kimaragang posut, Javanese pecut, and Sundanese pecut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pət͡ʃut/, [pət͡ʃot]
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃut, -ut
• Hyphenation: pe‧cut

Noun

pecut (Jawi spelling ڤچوت, plural pecut-pecut, informal 1st possessive pecutku, 2nd possessive pecutmu, 3rd possessive pecutnya)

1. A whip.

   Synonyms: cambuk, cemeti

Verb

pecut (Jawi spelling ڤچوت)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To accelerate.

   Antonym: nyahpecut

2. (figurative, transitive) To whip up; to encourage.

   Synonyms: giatkan, galakkan

3. (transitive) To whip.

Affixations

• dipecut
• kepecutan
• memecut
• pecutan

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: pecut

Further reading

• “pecut” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pecut”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI