anak

See also: -anak, -anák, and Anak

Languages (52)

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Bakung

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Balantak

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

References

• Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – anak. SIL International.

Balinese

Romanization

anak

1. Romanization of ᬳᬦᬓ᭄.

Banjarese

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Baram Kayan

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Bolinao

Noun

anak

1. child

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Etymology

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

Noun

anák

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• nak — term of address

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈn̪ak]
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)

1. one's offspring, children; daughter, son

   Synonyms: dugo sa dugo, unod sa unod — figurative

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:anak.

Derived terms

• alangkan
• Anak
• anak ni Adan
• anak ni Eba
• anak sa anuos
• anak sa buhat
• anak sa bunyag
• Anak sa Diyos
• anak sa engkanto
• anak sa gawas
• anak sa hulaw
• anak sa kagang
• anak sa kasal
• anak sa pagkadalaga
• anak sa pagkakasal
• anak sa pagkaulitawo
• anak sa pagpakasala
• anak sa sakramento
• anak sa sala
• anak sa sapi
• Anak sa Tawo
• anak-anak
• anakan
• anakon
• angkan
• angkanon
• hingangkan
• ig-alanak
• ig-anak
• inanak
• mag-alanak
• mag-anak
• manag-anak
• mantianak
• manganak
• moanak
• paanak
• paangkan
• pag-umangkon
• palaanak
• palaangkanan
• panganak
• pinaangkan
• pinanganak
• taguangkan
• talianak
• umaanak

References

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 42

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano anak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnak/, [aˈnak]
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák

1. child

   Synonym: bata

Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Dairi Batak

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. offspring; child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

anak

1. child

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

anak

1. child

Gayo

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Hanunoo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈnɐk]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anák (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜣ᜴)

1. child; offspring (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Derived terms

• anak sa kalyag
• anak-alaga
• anak-karaw-an
• anak-ulong

Adjective

anák (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜣ᜴)

1. young; youthful (of people)

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 29

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧nak
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔaˈnak]

Noun

anák

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

   Synonym: bata

Derived terms

• anakon
• mag-anak

Iban

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
2. (Christianity) Son, one of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated in Jesus Christ

Ilocano

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈnak]
• Hyphenation: a‧nák

Noun

anák (plural annak or aannak)

1. child; son; daughter

   Synonym: putot

Derived terms

• aanakan
• aganak
• agpaanak
• an-anak
• anakan
• anaken
• apag-anak
• inanak
• ipaanak
• kaanakan
• kaiyanak
• kinaanak
• maanakan
• mamagpaanak
• manganak
• manganganak
• mayanak
• naganak
• nakayanakan
• paanaken
• paganakan
• paganaken
• pannakaanak
• pangganakan
• sanganakan, sangaanakan
• umanak
• yanak

Etymology 2

Noun

anák

1. interest (price paid for receiving borrowed money or goods)

Declension

Possessive forms of anak

	Singular	Plural/Distributive
1st singular	anakko	annakko	aannakko
2nd singular	anakmo	annakmo	aannakmo
3rd singular	anakna	annakna	aannakna
1st dual	anakta	annakta	aannakta
1st plural exclusive	anakmi	annakmi	aannakmi
1st plural inclusive	anaktayo	annaktayo	aannaktayo
2nd plural	anakyo	annakyo	aannakyo
3rd plural	anakda	annakda	aannakda

Derived terms

• aganak
• agpapaanak (iti kuarta)
• paanakan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay anak, from Classical Malay انق (anak), from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈanaʔ/ [ˈa.naʔ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anaʔ
• Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anak (plural)

1. (Heading) a young creature
   1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
   2. (law) minor
   3. young of animal or plant

      anak ayam

      chick

      (literally, “child of chicken”)

      anak pisang

      young banana plant

      (literally, “child of banana”)

2. (Heading) a person associated with a particular identity or trait
   1. member of a certain job group

      anak kapal

      crew member

      (literally, “child of ship”)

   2. (colloquial) A member or attendee of an organization, group, event, institution, school, etc.

      Gue anak padus. ― I am a choirister. (literally, “I am a child of a choir.”)

   3. native of a place

      anak Jakarta

      Jakartan

      (literally, “child of Jakarta”)

3. (Heading) small or miniature
   1. a component part of a whole

      anak kunci

      key

      (literally, “child of key”)

   2. a smaller version of something similar that is larger or bigger

      anak bukit

      key

      (literally, “child of hill”)

Derived terms

• anak-anak
• anak-anakan
• anak-beranak
• anakan
• beranak
• memperanakkan
• peranakan

(compounds):

• anak Adam
• anak air
• anak ajaib
• Anak Allah
• anak angkat
• anak asuh
• anak bapak
• anak bawang
• anak bedil
• anak berkebutuhan khusus
• anak bini
• anak buah
• anak buncit
• anak bungsu
• anak cucu
• anak dacin
• anak daging
• anak dapat
• anak Daud
• anak daun
• anak didik
• anak emak
• anak emas
• anak gadis
• anak gampang
• anak gaul
• anak gedongan
• anak geladak
• anak ginjal
• anak halal
• anak haram
• anak ibu
• anak jalanan
• anak judul
• anak kandung
• anak kecil
• anak kembar
• anak kencing
• anak kolong
• anak kunci
• anak lahir hidup
• anak lidah
• anak limpa
• anak mama
• anak mami
• anak mampu didik
• anak mampu rawat
• anak murid
• anak negara
• anak obat
• anak orang
• anak panah
• anak pelor
• anak perahu
• anak perusahaan
• anak piatu
• anak pohon
• anak prasekolah
• anak pungut
• anak rantau
• anak semata wayang
• anak sipil
• anak sulung
• anak susuan
• anak timbangan
• anak tuna
• anak tunggal
• anak uang
• anak yatim
• anak zadah

Further reading

• “anak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Itawit

Etymology

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

Noun

anák

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Javanese

Romanization

anak

1. Romanization of ꦲꦤꦏ꧀

Kankanaey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔʌˈnʌk̠̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anák

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• anac (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈnak/ [əˈnäk] (singular)
• IPA^(key): /ˈanək/ [ˈäː.nək] (plural)
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Noun

ának

1. children

Karao

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child

Karo Batak

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Kelabit

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Limos Kalinga

Noun

anák

1. child

Malay

Etymology

From Classical Malay انق (anak), from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anak (Jawi spelling انق, plural anak-anak, informal 1st possessive anakku, 2nd possessive anakmu, 3rd possessive anaknya)

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Derived terms

• anak Adam / انق ادم
• anak angkat / انق اڠکت
• anak ayam / انق ايم
• anak ayat / انق ايات
• anak batu / انق باتو
• anak bini / انق بيني
• anak bongsu or anak bungsu / انق بوڠسو
• anak buah / انق بواه
• anak buah zakar / انق بواه ذکر
• anak dacing / انق داچيڠ
• anak damak / انق دامق
• anak dapat / انق داڤت
• anak dara / انق دارا
• anak dara tua / انق دارا توا
• anak didik / انق ديديق
• anak emas / انق امس
• anak gadis / انق ݢاديس
• anak gampang / انق ݢمڤڠ
• anak gobek / انق ݢوبيق
• anak halal / انق حلال
• anak haram / انق حرام
• anak isteri / انق ايستري
• anak jari / انق جاري
• anak jati / انق جاتي
• anak kalimat / انق کليمت
• anak kandung / انق کاندوڠ
• anak kapal / انق کاڤل
• anak kembar / انق کمبر
• anak kesayangan / انق کسايڠن
• anak kunci / انق کونچي
• anak lelaki / انق للاکي
• anak lidah / انق ليده
• anak luar nikah / انق لوار نكاح
• anak manuk / انق مانوق
• anak mata / انق مات
• anak menengah / انق منڠه
• anak merah / انق ميره
• anak muda / انق مودا
• anak murid / انق موريد
• anak orang / انق اورڠ
• anak pagar / انق ڤاݢر
• anak panah / انق ڤانه
• anak patung / انق ڤاتوڠ
• anak piatu / انق ڤياتو
• anak pinak / انق ڤينق
• anak saudara / انق ساودارا
• anak semang / انق سمڠ
• anak serigala / انق سريݢالا
• anak sulung / انق سولوڠ
• anak sumbang / انق سومبڠ
• anak sungai / انق سوڠاي
• anak tangan / انق تاڠن
• anak tangga / انق تڠݢ
• anak tekak / انق تکق
• anak telinga / انق تليڠا
• anak tengkar / انق تڠکر
• anak teruna / انق ترونا
• anak timbangan / انق تيمبڠن
• anak tiri / انق تيري
• anak torak / انق تورق
• anak tuan-tuan / انق توان٢
• anak tuanan / انق توانن
• anak tunggal / انق توڠݢل
• anak wayang / انق وايڠ
• anak yatim / انق يتيم
• anak yatim piatu / انق يتيم ڤياتو

Descendants

• Indonesian: anak

See also

• kanak
• anakanda (courtly language)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “انق anak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 28
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “انق anak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 49-50
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “anak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 27-8

Further reading

• “anak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Manggarai

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Mansaka

Etymology

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

Noun

anák

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Maranao

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child

Mayoyao Ifugao

Etymology

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

Noun

anák

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Ngaju

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦤꦏ꧀ (anak)

Olekha

Pronoun

anak

1. we (1st-person exclusive plural pronoun)

Palawan Batak

Etymology

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

Noun

anák

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Pangasinan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnak/, [aˈnak]
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

   Synonym: ogaw

Rade

Noun

anak

1. a child (daughter or son)

Rembong

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Sasak

Alternative forms

• kanak

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Compare Acehnese aneuk, Balinese ᬧᬦᬓ᭄ (panak), Ibanag ana, Lubuagan Kalinga alak, Makasar ana', Malagasy ánaka, Malay anak, kanak, Nias ono, Siraya alak, and Western Cham anâk.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈn̪ak̚] (“child; offspring”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ak
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔanak/ [ˈʔaː.n̪ɐk̚] (“kin; relative”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -anak
• Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anák (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)

1. child; offspring

   Synonyms: (figurative) bunga ng pag-ibig, (figurative) laman ng laman

2. native of (used in certain expressions)

Derived terms

• alibughang anak
• anak na panguman
• anak ng kamote
• anak ng puta
• anak ng tinapa
• anak ng tipaklong
• anak ng tokwa
• anak ng tupa
• anak-anakan
• anak-araw
• anak-bukid
• anak-dalag
• anak-dalita
• anak-mayaman
• anak-pawis
• anak-sa-labas
• anak-sa-ligaw
• anak-sa-lupa
• anakan
• anakin
• angkan
• bonak
• bugtong na anak
• Diyos Anak
• ianak
• inaanak
• ipaanak
• ipanganak
• junakis
• kaanakan
• kapanganakan
• maanak
• mag-anak
• magkaanak
• magpaanak
• manganak
• paanakan
• paanakin
• pag-aanak
• pag-anak
• pagkaanak
• pagmamahal-anak
• pagpapaanak
• palaanak
• palaanakin
• pampaanak
• panganganak
• papag-anakin
• papanganakin
• tagumanak
• umanak

Related terms

• Anak

Noun

anak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)

1. kin; relative; relation

Derived terms

• kaanak
• kamag-anak
• kamag-anakan
• magkamag-anak
• pagkakamag-anak
• pangmag-anak

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Kana, naka-, kana, ka- -an

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔanak/ [ʔɑˈn̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: a‧nak

Noun

anak (Sulat Sūg spelling اَنَكْ)

1. child
2. offspring

Toba Batak

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Tontemboan

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnak/, [ʔaˈnak]
• Hyphenation: a‧nak

Noun

anák

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

   Synonym: bata

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Yamdena

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Yami

Etymology

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

Noun

anak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

Yogad

Etymology

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

Noun

anák

1. child