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)

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

Related terms

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.

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