banyak

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See also: bányák and banyák

English

Noun

banyak (plural banyaks)

  1. Alternative form of baniak

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay banyak, from Classical Malay باڽق, from Old Malay vañak. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription as "vañakña" (current spelling banyaknya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɲak/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧nyak

Adverb

banyak

  1. many
  2. a lot

Derived terms

Javanese

Romanization

banyak

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦚꦏ꧀

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Malay .

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay (vañak), found in the form vañakña (current spelling banyaknya).

Pronunciation

Adverb

banyak (Jawi spelling باڽق)

  1. many, much, a lot
  2. very, excessively

Descendants

  • Indonesian: banyak
  • → Afrikaans: baie

See also

Noun

banyak (Jawi spelling باڽق, plural banyak-banyak, informal 1st possessive banyakku, 2nd possessive banyakmu, 3rd possessive banyaknya)

  1. amount

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