sekam

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sekam, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *skaamʔ (“chaff; husks of paddy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ˈkam/
• Rhymes: -kam, -am, -m
• Hyphenation: sê‧kam

Noun

sêkam (plural sekam-sekam, first-person possessive sekamku, second-person possessive sekammu, third-person possessive sekamnya)

1. rice husk; rice hull
2. (military) chaff: loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

Derived terms

• bersekaman

 

• sekam bakar
• sekam mahkota

 

Further reading

• “sekam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From East Austroasiatic, Proto-Mon-Khmer *skaamʔ (“chaff; husks of paddy”), whence Bru sakaːm, Pnar skam, Khmer អង្កាម (ʼɑngkaam), Mon ကာံ (kam), Pacoh acam, Bolyu qam⁵³, Riang kʰɑm¹, Vietnamese cám.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səkam/
• Rhymes: -əkam, -kam, -am

Noun

sekam (Jawi spelling سکم, plural sekam-sekam, informal 1st possessive sekamku, 2nd possessive sekammu, 3rd possessive sekamnya)

1. rice husk; rice hull

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• api dalam sekam

Descendants

• Indonesian: sekam

Further reading

• “sekam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.