salaka

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay salak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salaka m inan

  1. salak (fruit)

Malagasy

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Noun

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salaka

  1. loincloth

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Sanskrit शलाका (śalākā, name of a coin). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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salaka

  1. silver
    Synonyms: pirak, rajata

Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦱꦼꦭꦏ (selaka)
    • Indonesian: selaka
    • Malay: selaka
  • Balinese: ᬲᬮᬓ (selaka)
  • Ternate: salaka

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
salaka sense 1
salaki sense 2

Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay salak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saˈlaka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: sa‧la‧ka

Noun

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salaka f

  1. salak, salak palm (Salacca zalacca)
    Synonym: oszplina
  2. salak, snake fruit (fruit of Salacca zalacca)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • salaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sahu

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Etymology

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From Ternate salaka, from Javanese selaka, from Old Javanese salaka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salaka

  1. silver

References

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  • Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill (as saláka)

Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay salak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salaka f or ?

  1. salak (fruit)

Further reading

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  • salaka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Ternate

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Etymology

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From Javanese selaka, from Old Javanese salaka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salaka

  1. silver

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh