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See also: -anak and -anák

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

Romanization

anak

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬦᬓ᭄.

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

anák (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)

  1. child; daughter; son
  2. infant, baby
    Synonym: masuso

Verb

anák (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)

  1. to give birth

Quotations

Derived terms

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano anak.

Noun

anák

  1. child

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.

Noun

anák

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

Hiligaynon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧nak
  • IPA(key): /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/,
  • Hyphenation: a‧nák

Noun

anák (plural annak or aannak)

  1. child; son; daughter
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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.nak/, /a.naʔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anak (plural anak-anak, first-person possessive anakku, second-person possessive anakmu, third-person possessive anaknya)

  1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
  2. (law) minor
  3. (colloquial) A member or attendee of an organization, group, event, institution, school, etc.
    Gue anak padus. ― I am a choirister. (literally, “I am a member of a choir.”)

Derived terms

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.

Noun

anák

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

Kapampangan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈnak/,
  • Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák

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

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

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

Pronunciation

Noun

anak (Jawi spelling انق, plural anak-anak, informal 1st possessive anakku, 2nd possessive anakmu, 3rd possessive anaknya)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: anak

See also

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

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)

See also

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 ᬧᬦᬓ᭄ (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/, (noun:child; offspring)
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔanak/, (noun:kin; relative)
  • Rhymes: (noun:child; offspring) -ak, (noun:kin; relative) -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)

Derived terms

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 (2010–) “*aNak”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tausug

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

  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

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)

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

Noun

anák

  1. child
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