kanak
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.nak/
Adjective
kanak (feminine kanake, masculine plural kanaks, feminine plural kanakes)
- (relational) Kanak
Hawaiian Creole
Etymology
From Hawaiian kanaka (“human, man”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənæk/
Noun
kanak
- a person of Native Hawaiian descent
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kanak, from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkanak/ [ˈka.nak̚]
- Rhymes: -anak
- Syllabification: ka‧nak
Noun
kanak (plural kanak-kanak)
- child (a daughter or son)
See also
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkanak/ [ˈka.naʔ]
- Rhymes: -anaʔ, -naʔ, -aʔ
Noun
kanak (plural kanak-kanak)
- child (a daughter or son)
- (formal, used in the plural) a child
See also
Further reading
- “kanak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sasak
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.
Noun
kanak
- alternative form of anak
Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *kenek (whence Tocharian B kenek), probably borrowed from an Iranian language. Compare Ossetian гӕн (gæn, “flax”).
Noun
kanak
- cotton cloth
Wemba-Wemba
Noun
kanak