pergam

Inherited from Malay pergam.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərˈɡam/ [pərˈɡam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: per‧gam

pergam (plural pergam-pergam)

1. imperial pigeon (any bird of the genus Ducula, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae)
2. green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea)

• “pergam” 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.

pergam

1. inflection of pergō:
   1. first-person singular future active indicative
   2. first-person singular present active subjunctive

Possibly from Austroasiatic. Compare Bahnar pơgơ̆m, Mon ဘဂီု (həkɜ̀m).

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /pərˈɡam/ [pərˈɡam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: per‧gam

pergam (Jawi spelling ڤرݢم, plural pergam-pergam)

1. imperial pigeon

• > Indonesian: pergam (inherited)

• “pergam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Old Occitan pergamen (with a loss of suffix), from Vulgar Latin *pergamēnus.

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈɣan/

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pergam m (plural pergams)

1. parchment

   Synonym: pergamin