perbekel

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pərbəˈkəl/ [pər.bəˈkəl]
  • Rhymes: -əl
  • Syllabification: per‧be‧kel

Noun

pêrbêkêl (plural perbekel-perbekel)

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

Further reading

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