arkib

Pronunciation: /ˈa(r)keb/

“arkib” is a Malay word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

archive (place for storing earlier material)

verb

to archive (transfer data to other storage medium)

Etymology

There are several theories as to where this term originated: * Borrowed from English archive. Compare lesen (from licence), motosikal (from motorcycle) and Palestin (from Palestine) where the English /ai̯/ vowel was adapted as Malay /e/ or /i/ and rizab (from reserve) where English word-final /v/ was adapted as Malay /b/. * Borrowed from Portuguese arquivo (but with betacism in pronunciation,…

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