banak

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

banak

1. alternative form of balanak

• banac — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

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 balanak, and Makasar balanak.

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

banak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜃ᜔) (zoology)

1. mullet; grey mullet

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

• “banak”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
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• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balanak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• kaban

banak

1. mudfish, esp. Channa striata