pandak

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pendek.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pan‧dak
  • IPA(key): /panˈdak/

Adjective

pandák

  1. short and stout

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano pandak (“short”).

Adjective

pandák

  1. short (referring to stature)
    Antonym: alto

Iban

Etymology

Compare Malay pendek.

Adjective

pandak

  1. short

Mansaka

Adjective

pandak

  1. short

Maranao

Noun

pandak

  1. pig, hog
  2. pork

References

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pendek, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak (“short in height, squat and compact in build, of a person”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pandák (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔)

  1. short (referring to stature)
    Synonym: bahete
    Antonym: matangkad
  2. (slang) of little amount; insufficient
    Synonyms: kulang, kakaunti
  3. (slang) matchless; nothing compared to
    Synonyms: wala, walang-laban, sapal

Further reading

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