pekan
See also: pékan
English
Etymology
From the Abenaki word apanakes (“pine marten”, Martes americana), or a Penobscot cognate of it.
Noun
pekan (plural pekans)
- The fisher cat, the fisher (Martes pennanti), or the marten (Martes americana).
Translations
fisher — see fisher
See also
Esperanto
Finnish
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Balinese peken (“market”), Indonesian pekan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəkan/
- Rhymes: -əkan, -kan, -an
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