sapèque

== French == === Etymology === From Malay sa (“one”) + paku (“thread of one hundred pichi coins”). Attested as sapocou and sapacou in the 18th century, then as sapeck in the 19th century. Cognate with Portuguese sapeca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sa.pɛk/ === Noun === sapèque f (plural sapèques) (numismatics, historical) cash (historical coin and monetary unit used in Indochina and China) === References === “sapèque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012