werek

== Indonesian == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈwerək/ [ˈwe.rək̚] Rhymes: -erək Syllabification: we‧rek === Noun === werek (plural werek-werek) (colloquial, dated) recruiter ==== Alternative forms ==== werak === Further reading === “werek”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Pohnpeian == === Pronunciation === (Northern) IPA(key): /wɛrɛk/ (Kitti) IPA(key): /wɔrɔk/ === Noun === werek spouse, husband or wife, partner, mate, companion === Verb === werek (intransitive) to be married, to be companions === Derived terms === warakih == Polish == === Pronunciation === (Lesser Poland): (Kielce) IPA(key): [ˈvɛ.rɛk] === Noun === werek m inan (Kielce) alternative form of wyrko === Further reading === Jan Karłowicz (1911), “wér”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volumes 6: U—Ż, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 90