alak

Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq) (cf. Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak and Ilocano arak).

• Hyphenation: a‧lak
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐk]

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alak (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

1. alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine

• alakan

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-lak. Cognate with Tibetan ལག (lag, “hand, arm”), Burmese လက် (lak) and Nuosu ꇇ (lot, “hand”).

alak

1. hand, arm

Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔa.lɐk]
• Rhymes: -alak
• Syllabification: a‧lak

alak (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜣ᜴)

1. bottled wine sold commercially (from contact with lowlanders)

• The term does not apply to native fermented beverages.

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24

Unknown. Possibly from to áll (“to stand”) +‎ -k (diminutive suffix).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlɒk]

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• Hyphenation: a‧lak
• Rhymes: -ɒk

alak (plural alakok)

1. figure, form, shape

   Synonyms: forma, alakzat

2. character (in a book, drama etc.)

   Synonym: szereplő

3. (linguistics) word form (usually including its inflection, if there is any)

   Synonym: (comparable to type in corpus linguistics) szóalak

4. figure, build (of a person)

   Synonyms: alkat, testalkat, termet, testfelépítés, megjelenés

5. (colloquial) bloke, fellow, chap, guy

   Synonyms: fickó, ürge, pasi

• alak in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• alak in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

alak

1. wine; alcoholic beverage
2. irrigation

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

alak

1. child

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

alak (plural alalak or allalak)

1. child

• Li, Jen-Kuei (2010) “alak”, in 新港文書研究 [Studies of Sinkang Manuscripts] (in Chinese), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 637

Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”). Compare Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak, and Ilocano arak.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔaː.lɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -alak
• Syllabification: a‧lak

alak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

1. alcoholic beverage; liquor
2. alcohol

   Synonym: alkohol

3. wine

   Synonym: bino

• “alak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “alak”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025

• arak

Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔalak/ [ʔɑˈlak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: a‧lak

alak (Sulat Sūg spelling اَلَكْ)

1. alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine

   In mag'inum alak langgal saraꞌ pa Tuhan.

   To drink an alcoholic beverage is against the law of God.