ancak

• IPA^(key): /ˈant͡ʃak̚/
• Hyphenation: an‧cak

From Medan Malay .

ancak (first-person possessive ancakku, second-person possessive ancakmu, third-person possessive ancaknya)

1. (dialect) land ownership marker

Compare to Etymology 1.

ancak (first-person possessive ancakku, second-person possessive ancakmu, third-person possessive ancaknya)

1. the land of oil palm plantation

From Javanese ꦲꦚ꧀ꦕꦏ꧀ (ancak, “woven bamboo mat”), from Old Javanese añcak, wañcak (“bamboo fence”). Compare to Etymology 4.

ancak (first-person possessive ancakku, second-person possessive ancakmu, third-person possessive ancaknya)

1. woven bamboo mat on which offerings to the spirits are placed
2. synonym of para-para

From Osing , from Old Javanese añcak, wañcak (“bamboo fence”). Compare to Etymology 3.

ancak (first-person possessive ancakku, second-person possessive ancakmu, third-person possessive ancaknya)

1. place or case of gamelan bar.
2. a tool made from wooden slats used for threshing rice.

• “ancak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

ancak

1. Romanization of ꦲꦚ꧀ꦕꦏ꧀

From Ottoman Turkish آنجق (ancak) from Proto-Oghuz (ančak, “exactly like that”) from earlier Proto-Oghuz (anča ok, “exactly like that”) emphatic form of Proto-Oghuz (anča, “like that”) equative form of Proto-Turkic *ol (“he/she/it/that”).

Also see o and anca.

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• Hyphenation: an‧cak

ancak

1. only

   Synonyms: sadece, yalnız

   Ancak senin için yapardım. ― I would do it only for you.

2. at best

   Synonym: olsa olsa

• → Northern Kurdish: ancax

ancak

1. however, but

   Synonyms: ama, fakat, lakin, yalnız