arkaif

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English archive, from French archive(s), from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, town hall).

Noun

arkaif (plural arkaif-arkaif or arkaif2) (very rare)

  1. nonstandard form of arkib

Usage notes

This is very rarely used in colloquial Malay and appears in only in a few instances, the word is used on the following website cited below.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ “EjA’s Weblog”, in Wordpress[1] (in Malay)
  2. ^ “Dunia oh Dunia”, in Blogspot[2] (in Malay)