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perbekel.

employee of a village government

8 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/pərbəˈkəl/Standard-Indonesian[pər.bəˈkəl]Standard-Indonesian
  1. employee of a village government

    archaic
  2. head of a hamlet

    archaic
  3. head of a village

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Balinese perbekel, prabekel (“village head”).

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