menak

See also: ménak and menāk

Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *m-ljak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mə-l(j)ək.

Pronunciation

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /mɯ˥.nak˥/, [mə˥.nak˥]

Verb

menak

1. (Chungli) to lick

   Synonym: (Mongsen) melak

Inflection

Inflection of menak (Chungli)

		Affirmative	Negative
Past	Simple	menak	memenak
	Perfect	menakogo	memenakogo
Present	Simple	menaker	memenaker
	Progressive	menakdar menakdagi	memenakdar memenakdagi
Future/infinitive		menaktsü	memenaktsü
Imperative		menakang	temenak
Present participle		menaka	memenaki
Conditional		menakra menakrabang	memenakra memenakrabang

Further reading

• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 57
• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 103, 258

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese ménak, from Old Javanese menak (“nobleman”). Equivalent to meng- +‎ enak (“delicious; comfortable, pleasant”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmenak/ [ˈme.nak̚]
• Rhymes: -enak
• Syllabification: me‧nak

Noun

menak (plural menak-menak)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) synonym of bangsawan (“noble, nobleman”)

Further reading

• “menak”, 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

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed (m)aN- +‎ inak (“well-being, peace, ease, enjoyment, satisfaction, easy (smooth, untroubled) course”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menak/

Adjective

menak

1. at ease, relieved, satisfied
2. easy, smooth, untroubled
3. pleasant, agreeable, comfortable, convenient, preferable

Alternative forms

• enak

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩꦺꦤꦏ꧀ (ménak, “comfortable”)

Noun

menak

1. noble, nobleman

Derived terms

• amenak

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩꦺꦤꦏ꧀ (ménak, “obsolete title for a nobleman”)
• → Balinese: ᬫᬾᬦᬓ᭄ (ménak, “pleasant person; nobility”)
• → Sundanese: ᮙᮦᮔᮊ᮪ (ménak, “nobility”)

Further reading

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