angkak

English

Alternative forms

• angkhak, ang-khak

Noun

angkak (uncountable)

1. Food coloring from rice fermentation by Monascus purpureus.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 紅麴／红曲 (âng-khak, “red yeast”), as in 紅／红 (âng, “red”) + 麴／曲 (khak, “yeast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋkak/
• Hyphenation: ang‧kak

Noun

angkak (first-person possessive angkakku, second-person possessive angkakmu, third-person possessive angkaknya)

1. angkak

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 紅麴／红曲 (âng-khak, “red yeast”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaŋˈkak/, [ʔɐŋˈkak]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ang‧kak

Noun

angkák (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜃ᜔)

1. a reddish kind of leaven

Derived terms

• angkakan
• angkakin

 

Related terms

• ampaw
• singkak

 

See also

• lebadura
• paalsa

Further reading

• “angkak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 13
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 137