pakan
See also: pak-an
Finnish
Noun
pakan
- genitive singular of pakka
Anagrams
Gun
Alternative forms
- kpákàn (Benin)
Etymology
From Proto-Gbe *-kpá, *kpɔ́.[1] Cognate with Adja ekpa, Saxwe Gbe okpá, Ewe ekpɔ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pá.kã̀/
Noun
pákàn (plural pákàn lẹ́) (Nigeria)
References
- ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), pages 213, 215
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpakan/ [ˈpa.kan]
- Rhymes: -akan
- Syllabification: pa‧kan
Etymology 1
From Malay pakan, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pakan.
Noun
pakan (plural pakan-pakan)
Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
pakan (plural pakan-pakan)
Etymology 3
From Javanese pakan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pa-kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Doublet of pangan and makan.
Noun
pakan (plural pakan-pakan)
Further reading
- “pakan” 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.
Unami
Etymology
From pàke (“to be flat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpʌkːan]
Noun
pàkan