alak

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧lak
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalak/, [ˈʔa.l̪ʌk]

Noun[edit]

alak

  1. alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine

Derived terms[edit]

Galo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

alak

  1. hand, arm

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Possibly from to áll (“to stand”) +‎ -k (diminutive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒk]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧lak
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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[edit]

  • alak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • alak in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Limos Kalinga[edit]

Noun[edit]

alak

  1. wine; alcoholic beverage
  2. irrigation

Lubuagan Kalinga[edit]

Noun[edit]

alak

  1. child

Siraya[edit]

Noun[edit]

alak

  1. child

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧lak
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalak/, [ˈʔa.lɐk]

Noun[edit]

alak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

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

Hypernyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

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