alak

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See also: -alak

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq) (cf. Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak and Ilocano arak).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧lak
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalak/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

alak (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

  1. alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine

Derived terms

Galo

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-lak. Cognate with Tibetan ལག (lag, “hand, arm”), Burmese လက် (lak) and Nuosu ꇇ (lot, “hand”).

Noun

alak

  1. hand, arm

Hanunoo

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalak/
  • Rhymes: -alak
  • Syllabification: a‧lak

Noun

alak (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜣ᜴)

  1. bottled wine sold commercially (from contact with lowlanders)

Usage notes

  • The term does not apply to native fermented beverages.

See also

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 24

Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from to áll (“to stand”) +‎ -k (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

alak (plural alakok)

  1. figure, form, shape
    Synonyms: forma, alakzat
  2. character (in a book, drama etc.)
    Synonym: szereplő
  3. (linguistics) word form (usually including its inflection, if there is any)
    Synonym: (comparable to type in corpus linguistics) szóalak
  4. figure, build (of a person)
    Synonyms: alkat, testalkat, termet, testfelépítés, megjelenés
  5. (colloquial) bloke, fellow, chap, guy
    Synonyms: fickó, ürge, pasi

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative alak alakok
accusative alakot alakokat
dative alaknak alakoknak
instrumental alakkal alakokkal
causal-final alakért alakokért
translative alakká alakokká
terminative alakig alakokig
essive-formal alakként alakokként
essive-modal — —
inessive alakban alakokban
superessive alakon alakokon
adessive alaknál alakoknál
illative alakba alakokba
sublative alakra alakokra
allative alakhoz alakokhoz
elative alakból alakokból
delative alakról alakokról
ablative alaktól alakoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		alaké alakoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		alakéi alakokéi
Possessive forms of alak
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. alakom alakjaim
2nd person sing. alakod alakjaid
3rd person sing. alakja alakjai
1st person plural alakunk alakjaink
2nd person plural alakotok alakjaitok
3rd person plural alakjuk alakjaik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions

References

  1. ^ alak in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’), Second, revised and expanded edition, Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2021, page 38, →ISBN. (See also the PDF of its 1st edition.)

Further reading

  • alak in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • alak in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Limos Kalinga

Noun

alak

  1. wine; alcoholic beverage
  2. irrigation

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

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

Noun

alak

  1. child

Siraya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

alak (plural alalak or allalak)

  1. child

References

  • Li, Jen-Kuei (2010) “alak”, in 新港文書研究 (in Chinese), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 637

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”). Compare Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak, and Ilocano arak.

Pronunciation

Noun

alak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

  1. alcoholic beverage; liquor
  2. alcohol
    Synonym: alkohol
  3. wine
    Synonym: bino

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “alak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • “alak”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025

Tausug

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔalak/
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: a‧lak

Noun

alak (Sulat Sūg spelling اَلَكْ)

  1. alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine
    In mag'inum alak langgal saraꞌ pa Tuhan.
    To drink an alcoholic beverage is against the law of God.
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