pirek
Central Melanau
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?].
Noun
editpirek
- silver (metal)
Cypriot Arabic
edit| Root |
|---|
| p-r-k (lightning) |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
editFrom Arabic أَبْرَقَ (ʔabraqa).
Verb
editpirek I (present pkyiprek) (intransitive)
- to flash (lightning)
References
edit- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 156
Categories:
- Central Melanau terms inherited from Proto-North Sarawak
- Central Melanau terms derived from Proto-North Sarawak
- Central Melanau terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Central Melanau terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Central Melanau lemmas
- Central Melanau nouns
- mel:Chemical elements
- mel:Metals
- Cypriot Arabic terms belonging to the root p-r-k (lightning)
- Cypriot Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
- Cypriot Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- Cypriot Arabic lemmas
- Cypriot Arabic verbs
- Cypriot Arabic form-I verbs
- Cypriot Arabic intransitive verbs