pandak

See also: pandák

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pendek, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak (“short in height, squat and compact in build, of a person”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pan‧dak
• IPA^(key): /ˈpandak/ [ˈpan̪.d̪ɐk]

Adjective

pandák (Badlit spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔)

1. short and stout

   Synonym: putot

   Antonym: taas

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano pandak (“short”), from Malay pendek, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak (“short in height, squat and compact in build, of a person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈdak/, [pãn̪ˈd̪ak]
• Hyphenation: pan‧dak

Adjective

pandák

1. short (in stature)

   Antonym: alto

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pendek, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak (“short in height, squat and compact in build, of a person”).

Adjective

pandak

1. short

Mansaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pendek, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak (“short in height, squat and compact in build, of a person”).

Adjective

pandak

1. short

Maranao

Noun

pandak

1. pig, hog
2. pork

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• panrak — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pendek, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak (“short in height, squat and compact in build, of a person”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /panˈdak/ [pɐn̪ˈd̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: pan‧dak

Adjective

pandák (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔)

1. short (in stature)

   Synonyms: maliit, bahete, putot

   Antonym: matangkad

2. (slang) of little amount; insufficient

   Synonyms: kulang, kakaunti

3. (slang) matchless; nothing compared to

   Synonyms: wala, walang-laban, sapal

Derived terms

• himandak

 

See also

• bansot
• duwende
• unano

 

Further reading

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

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pendek, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak (“short in height, squat and compact in build, of a person”).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /pandak/ [pan̪ˈd̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: pan‧dak

Adjective

pandak (Sulat Sūg spelling فَنْدَكْ)

1. short (in stature of a person)

   Antonyms: malanjang, lanjang kawit

   Pandak in tau yaun.

   That man is short.

   Pandak kaw dayn kākuꞌ.

   You’re shorter than I am.

See also

• hawpu'