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, first-person possessive pecutku, second-person possessive pecutmu, third-person possessive pecutnya)
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)
Verb
pecut (Jawi spelling ڤچوت)
- (transitive, intransitive) To accelerate.
- Antonym: nyahpecut
- (figurative, transitive) To whip up; to encourage.
- Synonyms: giatkan, galakkan
- (transitive) To whip.
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 (2010–) “*pecut”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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