banak

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanak/ [ˈba.n̪ɐk]
• Hyphenation: ba‧nak

Noun

banak

1. Alternative form of balanak

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• banac — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From earlier *bahanak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balanak (“a sea fish: the mullet”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano balanak, Pangasinan balanak, Kapampangan balanak, Romblomanon bayānak, Bikol Central balanak, Aklanon baeanak, Cebuano balanak, Maranao balanak, Tausug bānak, Malay belanak, Buginese ᨅᨒᨊ (balana'), Javanese ꦧ꧀ꦭꦤꦏ꧀ (blanak), Sundanese ᮘᮜᮔᮊ᮪ (balanak), and Makasar balanak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbanak/ [ˈbaː.n̪ɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -anak
• Syllabification: ba‧nak

Noun

banak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜃ᜔) (zoology)

1. mullet; grey mullet

   Synonyms: asubi, balungain, bilungan, gagapang, lumitog, sumalapaw, tandipil

Derived terms

• buning-banak
• malabanak
• pamanak
• ulan-banak

Related terms

• balanak

See also

• agwas
• aligasin
• kapak
• talilong

Further reading

• “banak”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “banak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 120
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 389: “Liça) Banac (pp) peſcado conoçido, pamanac, la red con que las peſcan ay otras mas pequeñas q̃ en las coſtas llaman balanac”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balanak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• kaban

Waray-Waray

Noun

banak

1. mudfish, esp. Channa striata