sekaut

Caribbean Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schout.

Noun

sekaut

police, police officer

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch schout, from Middle Dutch schout, shortened from earlier scoutete, scouthete, from Old Dutch skolthēti, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [səˈka.ʊt]
Hyphenation: sê‧ka‧ut

Noun

sekaut or sêkaut

(archaic) sheriff, bailiff, an official in charge of a police force.

Further reading

“sekaut” 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.

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