anak

See also: -anak, -anák, and Anak

Languages (56)

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Ainu

Postposition

anak (Kana spelling アナㇰ)

1. Marks the topic of the clause, sentence, or conversation.
   • 1905, John Bachelor, An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language):

     Meko anak ne chikap ehopiye, "the cat sprang upon the bird."

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

• Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – anak. SIL International.

Balinese

Etymology

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

Noun

anak (Balinese script ᬳᬦᬓ᭄)

1. person

   Anak sampun langah wenten sane ngadep tuak manis mangkin. ― Now, people rarely sell sweet palm wine.

2. baby, child
3. (obsolete) child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

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)

Betawi

Etymology

From Malay anak, from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. The sense of "person" might be a semantic loan from Balinese anak.

Noun

anak

1. child (of a parent); offspring
2. member (of a group)
3. person

Bolinao

Noun

anak

1. child

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Casiguran Dumagat Agta anak

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

Noun

anák

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

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• nak — term of address

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Cebuano anak

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔaˈn̪ak]
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)

1. one's offspring, children; daughter, son

   Synonyms: dugo sa dugo, unod sa unod — figurative

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:anak.

Derived terms

• alangkan
• Anak
• anak ni Adan
• anak ni Eba
• anak sa anuos
• anak sa buhat
• anak sa bunyag
• Anak sa Diyos
• anak sa engkanto
• anak sa gawas
• anak sa hulaw
• anak sa kagang
• anak sa kasal
• anak sa pagkadalaga
• anak sa pagkakasal
• anak sa pagkaulitawo
• anak sa pagpakasala
• anak sa sakramento
• anak sa sala
• anak sa sapi
• Anak sa Tawo
• anak-anak
• anakan
• anakon
• angkan
• angkanon
• hingangkan
• ig-alanak
• ig-anak
• inanak
• mag-alanak
• mag-anak
• manag-anak
• mantianak
• manganak
• moanak
• paanak
• paangkan
• pag-umangkon
• palaanak
• palaangkanan
• panganak
• pinaangkan
• pinanganak
• taguangkan
• talianak
• umaanak

References

• John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 42

Chavacano

Alternative forms

• anac - superceded, traditional spelling

Etymology

CompareCebuano tl (“anak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnak/ [a.ˈnak]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák

1. (Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) child; offspring

Hyponyms

• (male child): hijo
• (female child): hija

Chungli Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *a-njak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nək (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a˥.nak˩/, [a˥.nak˩]

Verb

anak

1. to be black

Inflection

Inflection of anak (Chungli)

		Affirmative	Negative
Past	Simple	anak	manak
	Perfect	nakogo	menakogo
Present	Simple	anaker	manaker
	Progressive	nakdar nakdagi	menakdar menakdagi
Future/infinitive		anaktsü	manaktsü
Imperative		nakang	tanak
Present participle		naka	menaki
Conditional		nakra nakrabang	menakra menakrabang

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[2], Berkeley: University of California, pages 82, 253

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Dibabawon Manobo anak

Inherited 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Hanunoo anak

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈnɐk]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anák (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜣ᜴)

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

Derived terms

• anak alaga
• anak babayi
• anak karaw-an
• anak lalaki
• anak sa kalyag
• anak ulong

Adjective

anák (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜣ᜴)

1. young; youthful (of people)

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 29

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Hiligaynon anak

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧nak
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔaˈnak]

Noun

anák

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

   Synonym: bata

Derived terms

• anakon
• mag-anak

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Ilocano anak

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈnak]
• Hyphenation: a‧nák

Noun

anák (plural annak or aannak)

1. child; son; daughter

   Synonym: putot

Derived terms

• aanakan
• aganak
• agpaanak
• an-anak
• anakan
• anaken
• apag-anak
• inanak
• ipaanak
• kaanakan
• kaiyanak
• kinaanak
• maanakan
• mamagpaanak
• manganak
• manganganak
• mayanak
• naganak
• nakayanakan
• paanaken
• paganakan
• paganaken
• pannakaanak
• pangganakan
• sanganakan, sangaanakan
• umanak
• yanak

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

• aganak
• agpapaanak (iti kuarta)
• paanakan

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈanak/ [ˈa.nak̚]
    • Rhymes: -anak
  • IPA^(key): /ˈanaʔ/ [ˈa.naʔ]
    • Rhymes: -anaʔ

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anak (plural anak-anak)

1. a young creature
   1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
   2. (law) minor
   3. young of animal or plant

      anak ayam ― chick (literally, “child of chicken”)

      anak pisang ― young banana plant (literally, “child of banana”)

2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait
   1. member of a certain job group

      anak kapal ― crew member (literally, “child of ship”)

   2. (colloquial) a member or attendee of an organization, group, event, institution, school, etc.

      Gue anak padus. ― I am a choirister. (literally, “I am a child of a choir.”)

   3. native of a place

      anak Jakarta ― Jakartan (literally, “child of Jakarta”)

      Synonym: arek

3. small or miniature
   1. a component part of a whole

      anak kunci ― key (literally, “child of key”)

   2. a smaller version of something similar that is larger or bigger

      anak bukit ― hillock (literally, “child of hill”)

Derived terms

Affixations

• anak-anak
• anak-anakan
• anak-beranak
• anakan
• beranak
• beranakkan
• memperanakkan
• peranakan

Compounds

• anak aben
• anak Adam
• anak air
• anak ajaib
• anak akuan
• anak alang
• Anak Allah
• anak ampang
• anak andaman
• anak angin
• anak angkat
• anak angkuk
• anak api-api
• anak arang
• anak asuh
• anak ayam
• anak bacing
• anak bagi
• anak bajang
• anak baju
• anak bala
• anak balailo
• anak balam
• anak balang
• anak balok
• anak bangsa
• anak bangsawan
• anak banih
• anak bapak
• anak baru
• anak batu
• anak batu tulis
• anak bawang
• anak becing
• anak bedil
• anak belai
• anak benua
• anak berbakat
• anak berkebutuhan khusus
• anak berkundang
• anak bersagar
• anak bertemperamen mudah
• anak bertemperamen sulit
• anak beru
• anak bilik
• anak binaan
• anak bini
• anak biologis
• anak bola
• anak boru
• anak buah
• anak buah kapal
• anak bukit
• anak bulan
• anak bulu
• anak buncit
• anak bungsu
• anak busur
• anak buyung
• anak cabang
• anak cabut
• anak canang
• anak cera
• anak cobek
• anak coki
• anak contoh
• anak cucu
• anak dacin
• anak dagang
• Anak Dalam
• anak dapat
• anak dara
• anak Daud
• anak daun
• anak dayung
• anak debus
• anak desa
• anak di bawah umur
• anak didik
• anak didik masyarakat
• anak didik pemasyarakatan
• anak embung
• anak gadis
• anak gahara
• anak gampang
• anak gandai
• anak gaul
• anak gawang
• anak gedongan
• anak geladak
• anak geligi
• anak gelombang
• anak genta
• anak ginjal
• anak gobek
• anak gugur
• anak halal
• anak haram
• anak hekter
• anak ibu
• anak ideologis
• anak indang
• anak ingusan
• anak jadah
• anak jahit
• anak jalanan
• anak jantan
• anak jari
• anak jati
• anak jawi
• anak jentera
• anak joki
• anak judul
• anak kalimat
• anak kandung
• anak kantong
• anak kapal
• anak kati
• anak kecil
• anak kela
• anak kemarin sore
• anak kembar
• anak kemenakan
• anak kencing
• anak kepundan
• anak keti
• anak koin
• anak kolekte
• anak kolong
• anak komidi
• anak korban
• anak kos
• anak kuar
• anak kuat
• anak kukut
• anak kunci
• anak ladang
• anak lahir hidup
• anak lahir mati
• anak lamam
• anak laroi
• anak laut
• anak lepeh
• anak lepen
• anak lidah
• anak limpa
• anak liplap
• anak logam
• anak lombong
• anak loteng
• anak luar nikah
• anak lumpang
• anak makole
• anak mama
• anak mamak
• anak mami
• anak mampu didik
• anak mampu latih
• anak mampu rawat
• anak manusia
• anak mas
• anak masih hidup
• anak mata
• anak meja
• anak merah
• anak muda
• anak murid
• anak nakal
• anak negara
• anak negeri
• anak ni surat
• anak nirpendamping
• anak obat
• anak orang
• anak pacu
• anak panah
• anak panca
• anak pancingan
• anak pandak
• anak pangan
• anak panggung
• anak panjang
• anak papa
• anak patola
• anak payang
• anak pelaku tindak pidana
• anak pelor
• anak penak
• anak perahu
• anak perusahaan
• anak petak
• anak piara
• anak piatu
• anak pidana
• anak pinak
• anak pisang
• anak potong
• anak prasekolah
• anak pungut
• anak putih
• anak ragil
• anak rambut
• anak randai
• anak rantau
• Anak Rawa
• anak remaja
• anak Rimba
• anak ronggeng
• anak rumahan
• anak saksi
• anak saku
• anak sambung
• anak sanak
• anak sandiwara
• anak sangaji
• anak sapihan
• anak sasian
• anak saudara
• anak sebuh
• anak sekolah
• anak seluang
• anak semata wayang
• anak senja
• anak serune
• anak siak
• anak siksaan
• anak singkong
• anak sipil
• anak sukar
• anak sukerta
• anak sulung
• anak sumbang
• anak sundal
• anak sundutan
• anak sunti
• anak susuan
• anak swasta
• anak taneh
• anak tangan
• anak tangga
• anak tanggung
• anak tanun
• anak tari
• anak taruhan
• anak tat
• anak tekak
• anak telantar
• anak tenun
• anak tepo
• anak terlantar
• anak timbangan
• anak tolakan
• anak tonil
• anak torak
• anak tuna
• anak tunalaras
• anak tunggal
• anak uang
• anak usia dini
• anak walida
• anak wayang
• anak yatim
• anak zadah

Further reading

• “anak”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Itawit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Itawit anak

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

Noun

anák

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

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦲꦤꦏ꧀
Pegon
Roman	anak

Alternative forms

• nak

Etymology

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

Noun

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦶꦁꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): putra
ꦏꦿꦩꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (krama ngoko): anak

anak (krama ngoko)

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

References

• Robson, Stuart; Wibisono, Singgih (2002), “anak”, in Javanese English Dictionary, Periplus Editions, page 39

Kankanaey

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Kankanaey anak

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔʌˈnʌk̠̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anák

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

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• anac (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Kapampangan anak

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈnak/ [əˈnak] (singular)
• IPA^(key): /ˈanək/ [ˈa.nək] (plural)
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anak

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

Noun

ának

1. children

Karao

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Karao anak

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anák, 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)

Lahanan

Noun

anak

1. child

References

• Calvin Rensch, Melanau and the Languages of Central Sarawak (2012), SIL Journal of Language Survey Reports

Limos Kalinga

Noun

anák

1. child

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈanak/ [ˈʔa.naʔ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anaʔ, -naʔ, -aʔ
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anak (Jawi spelling انق, plural anak-anak)

1. An offspring.
   1. A person's child.

      anak lelaki: son (lit. 'male child')

      anak perempuan: daughter (lit. 'female child')

      anak saudara: nibling or niefling, child of one's sibling

      anak tiri: stepchild

      anak angkat: adoptee, foster child

   2. An animal or plant's progeny or young.

      anak ayam: chick, offspring of a chicken

      anak lembu: calf, offspring of a cow

2. (attributive)
   1. A part, or component of a whole; a constituent.

      anak genta: clapper of a bell

      anak mata: pupil of an eye

      anak panah: arrow

      anak tangga: step of a ladder

      anak tekak: uvula

   2. A small version of something; a model of reduced scale; a miniature.

      anak sungai: creek

   3. One who belongs to a group; a member.
   4. A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place; a native.

      anak negeri: native of a place or country

      anak bandar, anak kota: urbanite

Derived terms

Affixations

• anak-beranak
• anakan
• anakanda
• beranak
• beranakkan
• keanak-anakan
• memperanakkan
• menganak
• penakan
• peranakan

Compounds

• anak Adam
• anak angkat
• anak ayam
• anak ayat
• anak batu
• anak bini
• anak bongsu, anak bungsu
• anak buah
• anak buah zakar
• anak dacing
• anak damak
• anak dapat
• anak dara
• anak dara tua
• anak didik
• anak emas
• anak gadis
• anak gampang
• anak gobek
• anak halal
• anak haram
• anak isteri
• anak jari
• anak jati
• anak kalimat
• anak kandung
• anak kapal
• anak kembar
• anak kesayangan
• anak kunci
• anak lelaki
• anak lidah
• anak luar nikah
• anak manuk
• anak mata
• anak menengah
• anak merah
• anak muda
• anak murid
• anak orang
• anak pagar
• anak panah
• anak patung
• anak piatu
• anak pinak
• anak saudara
• anak semang
• anak serigala
• anak sulung
• anak sumbang
• anak sungai
• anak tangan
• anak tangga
• anak tekak
• anak telinga
• anak tengkar
• anak teruna
• anak timbangan
• anak tiri
• anak torak
• anak tuan-tuan
• anak tuanan
• anak tunggal
• anak wayang
• anak yatim
• anak yatim piatu

Related terms

• kanak

Descendants

• > Indonesian: anak (inherited)

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

• "anak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "anak" at PRPM first version)

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Mansaka anak

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

Noun

anák

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

Maranao

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Maranao anak

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anák, 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Matigsalug Manobo anak

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

Noun

anak

1. child

Mayoyao Ifugao

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Mayoyao Ifugao anak

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anák, 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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nak/
• Rhymes: -nak
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anak

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

Derived terms

• anak-anak
• anak-anakan
• makānak
• maṅanaki
• mānak
• mānak-anak
• paṅanak
• pinakānak
• pinakānak-anak
• pānakan
• umanakakĕn
• ānak-anak

• anak banua
• anak banwa
• anak niṅ sañjata
• anak thāni
• anak wanwa
• anak wĕsi
• anak śāstra
• gunuṅ anak
• hyaṅ anak
• kānak-thānyan
• mamasir anak
• parwata anak
• pasir anak
• sāgarânak
• tasik anak
• wukir anak
• wwaṅ anak
• wwaṅ anakĕn

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦲꦤꦏ꧀ (anak) (inherited)

Further reading

• "anak" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Olekha

Pronoun

anak

1. we (1st-person exclusive plural pronoun)

Palawan Batak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Palawan Batak anak

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

Noun

anák

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

Pangasinan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Pangasinan anak

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnak/, [aˈnak]
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák

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

   Synonym: ogaw

Rade

Noun

anak

1. a child (daughter or son)

   Anak kâo dôk pĭt.

   My child is sleeping.

References

• H Za Wut Buôn Yă (2025) Từ vựng tiếng Êđê. Nhà xuất bản Lao Động.

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

• kanak

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Tagalog anak

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anák, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Compare Acehnese aneuk, Balinese 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/ [ʔɐˈn̪ak̠̚] (“child; offspring”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ak
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔanak/ [ˈʔaː.n̪ɐk̠̚] (“kin; relative”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -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)
3. term of address to a child, especially toward one's child
4. (children's games) a small stone used in kalahoyo, a game similar to marbles

Alternative forms

• (term of address): nak — informal

Derived terms

• alibughang anak
• anak na panguman
• anak ng kamote
• anak ng puta
• anak ng tinapa
• anak ng tipaklong
• anak ng tokwa
• anak ng tupa
• anak-anakan
• anak-araw
• anak-bukid
• anak-dalag
• anak-dalita
• anak-mayaman
• anak-pawis
• anak-sa-labas
• anak-sa-ligaw
• anak-sa-lupa
• anakan
• anakin
• angkan
• bonak
• bugtong na anak
• Diyos Anak
• ianak
• inaanak
• ipaanak
• ipanganak
• junakis
• kaanakan
• kapanganakan
• maanak
• mag-anak
• magkaanak
• magpaanak
• magpalaanakin
• manganak
• paanakan
• paanakin
• pag-aanak
• pag-anak
• pagkaanak
• pagmamahal-anak
• pagpapaanak
• palaanak
• palaanakin
• pampaanak
• panganganak
• papag-anakin
• papanganakin
• tagumanak
• umanak

Related terms

• Anak

See also

• bata
• iha
• iho
• kalahoyo

Noun

anak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)

1. kin; relative; relation

Derived terms

• kaanak
• kamag-anak
• kamag-anakan
• magkamag-anak
• pagkakamag-anak
• pangmag-anak

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Kana, naka-, kana, ka- -an

Tausug

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Tausug anak

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anák, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔanak/ [ʔɑˈn̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anak (Sulat Sūg spelling اَنَكْ)

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Tontemboan anak

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anák, 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Waray-Waray anak

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

anák

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

   Synonym: bata

References

• Abuyen, Tomas A. (2000), “anak”, in Diksyunaryo Waray-waray (Visaya), English-Tagalog, Mandaluyong City: National Book Store, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anákder.

Western Bukidnon Manobo anak

Derived from Proto-Philippine *anák, 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Yami anak

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

Noun

anak

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

Yogad

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aNak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak

Proto-Philippine *anák

Yogad anak

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

Noun

anák

1. child