menak

== Chungli Ao == === Etymology === From Proto-Central Naga *m-ljak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mə-l(j)ək. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɯ˥.nak˥/, [mə˥.nak˥] === Verb === menak to lick ==== Inflection ==== === Further reading === Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 57 Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 103, 258 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sundanese ménak, from Old Javanese menak (“nobleman”). Equivalent to meng- +‎ enak (“delicious; comfortable, pleasant”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmenak/ [ˈme.nak̚] Rhymes: -enak Syllabification: me‧nak === Noun === menak (plural menak-menak) (dialectal or obsolete) synonym of bangsawan (“noble, nobleman”) === Further reading === “menak”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Affixed (m)aN- +‎ inak (“well-being, peace, ease, enjoyment, satisfaction, easy (smooth, untroubled) course”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /menak/ === Adjective === menak at ease, relieved, satisfied easy, smooth, untroubled pleasant, agreeable, comfortable, convenient, preferable ==== Alternative forms ==== enak ==== Descendants ==== Javanese: ꦩꦺꦤꦏ꧀ (ménak, “comfortable”) === Noun === menak noble, nobleman ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Javanese: ꦩꦺꦤꦏ꧀ (ménak, “obsolete title for a nobleman”) → Balinese: ᬫᬾᬦᬓ᭄ (ménak, “pleasant person; nobility”) → Sundanese: ᮙᮦᮔᮊ᮪ (ménak, “nobility”) === Further reading === "menak" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.