salaka

Borrowed from Malay salak.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalaka]

salaka m inan

1. salak (fruit)

salaka

1. loincloth

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.)

salaka

1. silver

   Synonyms: pirak, rajata

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

Borrowed from Malay salak.

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

salaka f

2. salak, salak palm (Salacca zalacca)

   Synonym: oszplina

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

• salaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

• IPA^(key): /sa.ˈla.ka/

salaka

1. silver

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

Borrowed from Malay salak.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalaka]

salaka f or ?

1. salak (fruit)

• “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, 2003–2025

From Javanese selaka, from Old Javanese salaka.

• IPA^(key): /sa.ˈla.ka/

salaka

1. silver

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