pitsjaren

• pasjaren

Borrowed from Malay bicara, from Sanskrit विचार (vicāra).

pitsjaren

1. (intransitive, dated) to convene, deliberate, discuss
2. (intransitive, dated) to signal others to come or convene, generally using a flag

• Used particularly in early modern nautical contexts, where this verb would refer both to the act of signaling with a flag to other ships at sea to call for a discussion or convention, and the act of discussing itself.

• → Danish: passiare
• → Norwegian: passiare
• → Swedish: passiare

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pitsjaren”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute