salaka

See also: sāļāka, sāļākā, sałaka, and sałaką

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay salak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalaka]

Noun

salaka m inan

1. salak (fruit)

Malagasy

Noun

salaka

1. loincloth

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

salaka

1. silver

   Synonyms: pirak, rajata

Descendants

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

Polish

salaka sense 1

salaki sense 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay salak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈla.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧ka

Noun

salaka f

2. salak, salak palm (Salacca zalacca)

   Synonym: oszplina

4. salak, snake fruit (fruit of Salacca zalacca)

Declension

Declension of salaka

	singular	plural
nominative	salaka	salaki
genitive	salaki	salak
dative	salace	salakom
accusative	salakę	salaki
instrumental	salaką	salakami
locative	salace	salakach
vocative	salako	salaki

Further reading

• salaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sahu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ˈla.ka/

Noun

salaka

1. silver

References

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

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay salak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalaka]

Noun

salaka f or ?

1. salak (fruit)

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

From Javanese selaka, from Old Javanese salaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ˈla.ka/

Noun

salaka

1. silver

References

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