kanak

See also: Kanak, kanák, and Kaňák

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.nak/

Adjective

kanak (feminine kanake, masculine plural kanaks, feminine plural kanakes)

1. (relational) Kanak

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From Hawaiian kanaka (“human, man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənæk/

Noun

kanak

1. a person of Native Hawaiian descent

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kanak, from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkanak/ [ˈka.nak̚]
• Rhymes: -anak
• Syllabification: ka‧nak

Noun

kanak (plural kanak-kanak)

1. child (a daughter or son)

See also

• anak
• kanak-kanak

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanak/ [ˈka.naʔ]
• Rhymes: -anaʔ, -naʔ, -aʔ

Noun

kanak (plural kanak-kanak or kanak²)

1. child (a daughter or son)
2. (formal, used in the plural) a child

See also

• anak
• kanak-kanak

Further reading

• "kanak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Sasak

Alternative forms

• anak

Etymology

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

Noun

kanak

1. alternative form of anak

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kenek (whence Tocharian B kenek), probably borrowed from an Iranian language. Compare Ossetian гӕн (gæn, “flax”).

Noun

kanak

1. cotton cloth

Wemba-Wemba

Noun

kanak

1. heel