tuak

From Proto-Malayic *tuak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuak (“palm wine”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuaʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧ak

tuak

1. rice wine (a traditional alcoholic beverage made from glutinous rice that is fermented with yeast, alcoholic and inebriating.)

From Malay tuak, from Proto-Malayic *tuak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuak (“palm wine”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuak̚]
• Hyphenation: tu‧ak

tuak (plural tuak-tuak)

1. palm wine, an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms

• “tuak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

tuak

1. stair (series of steps)

From Proto-Malayic *tuak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuak (“palm wine”).

tuak

1. palm wine: an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms.

• Indonesian: tuak
• →? Javanese: tuak
• → Min Nan: 廚沃／厨沃 (tû-ak)

• “tuak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.