pergam

See also: Pèrgam

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pergam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərˈɡam/ [pərˈɡam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: per‧gam

Noun

pergam (first-person possessive pergamku, second-person possessive pergammu, third-person possessive pergamnya)

1. imperial pigeon (any bird of the genus Ducula, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae)
2. green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea^ws)

Further reading

• “pergam” 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.

Latin

Verb

pergam

1. inflection of pergō:
   1. first-person singular future active indicative
   2. first-person singular present active subjunctive

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pergamen (with a loss of suffix), from Vulgar Latin *pergamēnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈɣan/

• Audio:

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Noun

pergam m (plural pergams)

1. parchment

   Synonym: pergamin