perbekel

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Balinese ᬧᭂᬃᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄ (perbekel), ᬧ᭄ᬭᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄ (prabekel, “village head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pərbəˈkəl]
• Hyphenation: pêr‧bê‧kêl

Noun

pêrbêkêl (first-person possessive perbekelku, second-person possessive perbekelmu, third-person possessive perbekelnya)

1. (archaic) employee of a village government.
2. (archaic) head of a hamlet
3. (dialect, Bali) head of a village

Related terms

• bakal
• bekal
• bekel

 

Further reading

• “perbekel” 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.