pek

Clipping of English Penchal with k as a placeholder.

pek

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Penchal.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Penchal terms

pek

1. ergative indefinite of pe

• pik (dated)

Inherited from Middle Dutch pec, from Old Dutch pek, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pīx. Cognate with German Pech (from which Dutch pech), English pitch.

• IPA^(key): /pɛk/

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• Hyphenation: pek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

pek m (uncountable)

1. pitch (sticky substance used as an adhesive and sealant)

   In de Middeleeuwen werd pek gebruikt om schepen te beschermen tegen lekken. ― During the Middle Ages, pitch was used to protect ships against leaks.

• Afrikaans: pik
• → Lokono: pesi
• → Indonesian: pek
• → Japanese: ペンキ (penki)
• → Russian: пек (pek)
• → Papiamentu: piki, pek (dated)

• “pek” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

From Dutch pek, from Middle Dutch pec, from Old Dutch pek, from Latin pīx.

• IPA^(key): /pɛk/
• Hyphenation: pèk

pèk (plural pek-pek)

1. (colloquial) pitch (sticky substance)

   Synonyms: ter, aspal, belangkin

Unknown.

• IPA^(key): /pɛk/
• Hyphenation: pèk

pèk (plural pek-pek)

1. (Jakarta) alternative form of empek

• “pek” 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.

• pec, peke, peck, pech, pake, pache

From Old English pēc- (“in Pēcsǣtna”), pēac- (“in Peácland”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛːk/, /peːk/

pek (plural pekes)

1. peak

• English: peak
• ⇒ Yola: Cullpaak

• “pēk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

pek

1. imperative of peke

pek

1. (non-standard since 2012) imperative of peka

pek

1. stone

• pekark (“harden”, verb)

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]

Borrowed from German Beck, Bäck, archaic variant of Bäcker (“baker”).

pek m anim (Cyrillic spelling пек)

1. (regional, Kajkavian) baker

   Synonym: pekar

• IPA^(key): /pèːk/, /péːk/

pẹ̄k m anim

1. baker

• “pek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پك (bek, pek), from Proto-Turkic *bek (“firm, solid, stable”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bek, “firm, solid; very”); Bashkir бик (bik, “very”), Kazakh бек (bek, “very, firm”), Uyghur بەك (bek, “very”), etc.

• IPA^(key): /pec/

pek

1. very

   Pek zorlu yollardan geçtiler.

   They went through very difficult roads.

2. firm, strong.

   Bu nesne taştan pektir.

   This object is firmer than a stone.

• beklemek
• berk

• “pek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

pek

1. obsolete spelling of peekʼ