perbekel
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Balinese ᬧᭂᬃᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄ (perbekel), ᬧ᭄ᬭᬩᭂᬓᭂᬮ᭄ (prabekel, “village head”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pêrbêkêl (first-person possessive perbekelku, second-person possessive perbekelmu, third-person possessive perbekelnya)
- (archaic) employee of a village government.
- (archaic) head of a hamlet
- (dialect, Bali) head of a village
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “perbekel” 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.