arkib

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese arquivo (but with betacism in pronunciation, compare Galician arquivo), from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈa(r)keb/ [ˈa(r).kep̚] (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)
    • Rhymes: -arkeb, -eb
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈarkib/ [ˈar.kip̚]
    • Rhymes: -arkib, -ib
  • Hyphenation: ar‧kib

Noun

arkib (Jawi spelling ارکيب, plural arkib-arkib)

  1. archive (place for storing earlier material)

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