sekkak

Palauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 折角 (sekkaku).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛkkak/

Verb

sekkak

  1. (intransitive) to go to great trouble or effort for, to make a point of

Derived terms

  • sekkak el mei (“went to all that trouble to come here”)

References

  • sekkak in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • sekkak in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • sekkak in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 302.
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