anak

See also: -anak, -anák, and Anak

Ainu

Postposition

anak (Kana spelling アナㇰ)

  1. Marks the topic of the clause, sentence, or conversation.
    • 1905, John Bachelor, An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language):
      Meko anak ne chikap ehopiye, "the cat sprang upon the bird."

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Balantak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

References

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak (Balinese script ᬳᬦᬓ᭄)

  1. person
    Anak sampun langah wenten sane ngadep tuak manis mangkin.Now, people rarely sell sweet palm wine.
  2. baby, child
  3. (obsolete) child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Baram Kayan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Bolinao

Noun

anak

  1. child

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anák

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

  • nakterm of address

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈn̪ak]
  • Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)

  1. one's offspring, children; daughter, son
    Synonyms: dugo sa dugo, unod sa unodfigurative

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:anak.

Derived terms

References

  • John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 42

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano anak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnak/, [aˈnak]
  • Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák

  1. child
    Synonym: bata

Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Dairi Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. offspring; child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

anak

  1. child

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

anak

  1. child

Gayo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Compare Tagalog anak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈnɐk]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anák (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜣ᜴)

  1. child; offspring (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Derived terms

Adjective

anák (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜣ᜴)

  1. young; youthful (of people)

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 29

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧nak
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔaˈnak]

Noun

anák

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
    Synonym: bata

Derived terms

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
  2. (Christianity) Son, one of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated in Jesus Christ

Ilocano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈnak]
  • Hyphenation: a‧nák

Noun

anák (plural annak or aannak)

  1. child; son; daughter
    Synonym: putot
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

anák

  1. interest (price paid for receiving borrowed money or goods)
Declension
Possessive forms of anak
singular plural/distributive
1st singular anakko annakko aannakko
2nd singular anakmo annakmo aannakmo
3rd singular anakna annakna aannakna
1st dual anakta annakta aannakta
1st plural exclusive anakmi annakmi aannakmi
1st plural inclusive anaktayo annaktayo aannaktayo
2nd plural anakyo annakyo aannakyo
3rd plural anakda annakda aannakda
Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay anak, from Classical Malay انق (anak), from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian)
    • IPA(key): /ˈanak/ [ˈa.nak̚]
      • Rhymes: -anak
    • IPA(key): /ˈanaʔ/ [ˈa.naʔ]
      • Rhymes: -anaʔ
  • Audio:(file)
  • Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anak (plural anak-anak)

  1. (Heading) a young creature
    1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
    2. (law) minor
    3. young of animal or plant
      anak ayamchick (literally, “child of chicken”)
      anak pisangyoung banana plant (literally, “child of banana”)
  2. (Heading) a person associated with a particular identity or trait
    1. member of a certain job group
      anak kapalcrew member (literally, “child of ship”)
    2. (colloquial) a member or attendee of an organization, group, event, institution, school, etc.
      Gue anak padus.I am a choirister. (literally, “I am a child of a choir.”)
    3. native of a place
      anak JakartaJakartan (literally, “child of Jakarta”)
      Synonym: arek
  3. (Heading) small or miniature
    1. a component part of a whole
      anak kuncikey (literally, “child of key”)
    2. a smaller version of something similar that is larger or bigger
      anak bukithillock (literally, “child of hill”)

Derived terms

Affixations
Compounds

Further reading

Itawit

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anák

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Javanese

Romanization

anak

  1. romanization of ꦲꦤꦏ꧀

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔʌˈnʌk̠̚]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anák

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈnak/ [əˈnäk] (singular)
  • IPA(key): /ˈanək/ [ˈäː.nək] (plural)
  • Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Noun

ának

  1. children

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Kelabit

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Limos Kalinga

Noun

anák

  1. child

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Malay انق (anak), from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

  • (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈanak/ [ˈa.naʔ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anaʔ, -naʔ, -aʔ
  • Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anak (Jawi spelling انق, plural anak-anak)

  1. An offspring.
    1. A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
    2. An animal or plant's progeny or young.
  2. (attributive)
    1. A part, or component of a whole; a constituent.
    2. A small version of something; a model of reduced scale; a miniature.
    3. One who belongs to a group; a member.
    4. A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place; a native.

Derived terms

Affixations
Compounds

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: anak (inherited)

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “انق anak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 28
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “انق anak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 49-50
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “anak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 27-8

Further reading

Manggarai

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anák

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child

Mayoyao Ifugao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anák

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Ngaju

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Descendants

Olekha

Pronoun

anak

  1. we (1st-person exclusive plural pronoun)

Palawan Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anák

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Pangasinan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnak/, [aˈnak]
  • Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
    Synonym: ogaw

Rade

Noun

anak

  1. a child (daughter or son)

Rembong

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Sasak

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Compare Acehnese aneuk, Balinese panak, Ibanag ana, Lubuagan Kalinga alak, Makasar ana', Malagasy ánaka, Malay anak, kanak, Nias ono, Siraya alak, and Western Cham anâk.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈn̪ak̚] (child; offspring, noun)
      • Rhymes: -ak
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔanak/ [ˈʔaː.n̪ɐk̚] (kin; relative, noun)
      • Rhymes: -anak
  • Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anák (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)

  1. child; offspring
    Synonyms: (figurative) bunga ng pag-ibig, (figurative) laman ng laman
  2. native of (used in certain expressions)
  3. term of address to a child, especially toward one's child

Alternative forms

  • (term of address): nakinformal

Derived terms

See also

Noun

anak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)

  1. kin; relative; relation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • anak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aNak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔanak/ [ʔɑˈn̪ak̚]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anak (Sulat Sūg spelling اَنَكْ)

  1. child
  2. offspring

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Tontemboan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈnak/, [ʔaˈnak]
  • Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
    Synonym: bata

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Yamdena

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anak

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anák

  1. child