pecutan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed pecut + -an, from Malay pecutan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈt͡ʃʊtan/
- Rhymes: -an, -n
- Hyphenation: pê‧cut‧an
Noun
pêcutan (plural pecutan-pecutan)
Further reading
- “pecutan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pət͡ʃutan/, /pət͡ʃotan/
- Rhymes: -tan, -an
- Hyphenation: pe‧cu‧tan, pe‧co‧tan
Noun
pecutan (Jawi spelling ڤچوتن, plural pecutan-pecutan or pecutan2)
- An act of whipping.
- (physics) An act of accelerating; acceleration.
- Synonyms: akselerasi, percepatan (Indonesian)
Further reading
- "pecutan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017