lekum
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay lekum (“throat”), a variant of halkum, from Arabic حُلْقُوم (ḥulqūm, “throat; windpipe; esophagus”). Doublet of jakun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ləˈkʊm]
- Hyphenation: lê‧kum
Noun
lekum (first-person possessive lekumku, second-person possessive lekummu, third-person possessive lekumnya)
- (obsolete) throat
- Synonym: tenggorok
- (obsolete) Adam's apple
- Synonym: jakun
Further reading
- “lekum” 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.
Old Norse
Adjective
lekum
- inflection of lekr:
- positive degree strong masculine dative singular
- positive degree strong/weak dative plural
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