seken

See also: Seken

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English second.

Noun

seken

  1. second (unit of time)

Indonesian

Etymology

Partial phrase borrowing from English secondhand, using only the first word (second).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsɛkən/ [ˈsɛ.kən]
  • Rhymes: -ɛkən
  • Syllabification: se‧ken

Adjective

seken

  1. secondhand
    Synonyms: bekas, lepasan

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

seken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せけん

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sēċan, From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną.

Verb

seken (third-person singular simple present seketh, present participle sekende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle soughtaccel-form=1//3|s|past|ind)

  1. to seek
    • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 12-14.
      Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
      And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
      To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
      Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
      And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
      To distant shrines well known in distant lands.

Descendants

  • English: seek, seech (Lancashire and other dialects)
  • Scots: seek
  • Yola: zeek

References

Turkish

Verb

seken

  1. present participle of sekmek