werek

Borrowed from Dutch werk (“work, labour; profession, job, employment”), from Middle Dutch werc, from Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwerək/ [ˈwe.rək̚]
• Rhymes: -erək
• Syllabification: we‧rek

werek (plural werek-werek)

1. (colloquial) recruiter

• werak

• “werek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• (Northern) IPA^(key): /wɛrɛk/
• (Kitti) IPA^(key): /wɔrɔk/

werek

1. spouse, husband or wife, partner, mate, companion

werek

1. (intransitive) to be married, to be companions

• warakih