alak
التعريفات والمعاني
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq) (cf. Central Bikol arak, Chamorro arak and Ilocano arak).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: a‧lak
IPA(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐk]
=== Noun ===
alak (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)
alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine
==== Derived terms ====
alakan
== Galo ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-lak. Cognate with Tibetan ལག (lag, “hand, arm”), Burmese လက် (lak) and Nuosu ꇇ (lot, “hand”).
=== Noun ===
alak
hand, arm
== Hanunoo ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔa.lɐk]
Rhymes: -alak
Syllabification: a‧lak
=== Noun ===
alak (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜣ᜴)
bottled wine sold commercially (from contact with lowlanders)
==== Usage notes ====
The term does not apply to native fermented beverages.
==== See also ====
=== 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 24
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
Unknown. Possibly from to áll (“to stand”) + -k (diminutive suffix).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒk]
Rhymes: -ɒk
Hyphenation: alak
Syllabification: a‧lak
=== Noun ===
alak (plural alakok)
figure, form, shape
Synonyms: forma, alakzat
character (in a book, drama etc.)
Synonym: szereplő
(linguistics) word form (usually including its inflection, if there is any)
Synonym: (comparable to type in corpus linguistics) szóalak
figure, build (of a person)
Synonyms: alkat, testalkat, termet, testfelépítés, megjelenés
(colloquial) bloke, fellow, chap, guy
Synonyms: fickó, ürge, pasi
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
alak in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
alak in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).
== Limos Kalinga ==
=== Noun ===
alak
wine; alcoholic beverage
irrigation
== Lubuagan Kalinga ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Philippine *anák, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.
=== Noun ===
alak
child
== Siraya ==
=== Etymology ===
From Pre-Siraya *aɫak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.
=== Noun ===
alak (plural alalak or allalak)
child
=== References ===
Li, Jen-Kuei (2010), “alak”, in 新港文書研究 [Studies of Sinkang Manuscripts] (in Chinese), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 637
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”). Compare Central Bikol arak, Chamorro arak, and Ilocano arak.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔaː.lɐk̚]
Rhymes: -alak
Syllabification: a‧lak
=== Noun ===
alak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)
alcoholic beverage; liquor
alcohol
Synonym: alkohol
wine
Synonym: bino
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
“alak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
“alak”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.
== Tausug ==
=== Alternative forms ===
arak
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔalak/ [ʔɑˈlak̚]
Rhymes: -ak
Syllabification: a‧lak
=== Noun ===
alak (Sulat Sūg spelling اَلَكْ)
alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine