amak

See also: Ámak

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmak/ [ʔɐˈmɐk]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: a‧mak

Noun

amak (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜣ᜴)

  1. a woven mat, usually made from the leaves of buri palm and used for sleeping

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 27
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmak/ [ʔɐˈmak̚] (adjective)
      • Rhymes: -ak
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔamak/ [ˈʔaː.mɐk̚] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -amak
  • Syllabification: a‧mak

Adjective

amák (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜃ᜔)

  1. tame; domesticated
    Synonyms: manso, maamo

Derived terms

  • amakin
  • mag-amak
  • mang-aamak
  • pampaamak
  • pang-amak
  • umamak

Noun

amak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜃ᜔)

  1. domestication of animals
  2. caring for or caressing a fighting cock
  3. hut in the forest or mountain
    Synonyms: dampa, barong-barong, kubo

Further reading

  • amak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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