poket

See also: pokét and pöket

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English pocket, from Middle English pocket (bag, sack), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (bag, sack) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokō (pouch), from Proto-Germanic *pukkô, *pukô (bag; pouch), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (to blow, swell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoket/ [ˈpo.ket̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -oket, -et
  • Hyphenation: po‧ket

Noun

poket (Jawi spelling ڤوکيت, plural poket-poket)

  1. (clothing) pocket: A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.[1]
    Synonyms: kantung, kocek, saku

Derived terms

Compounds
  • minyak poket
  • poket udara

References

  1. ^ "poket" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

poke +‎ -et.

Noun

poket oblique singularm (oblique plural pokez or poketz, nominative singular pokez or poketz, nominative plural poket)

  1. (small) bag or pouch

Descendants

  • English: pocket

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English pocket.

Noun

poket

  1. pocket