kanak

See also: Kanak

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.nak/

Adjective

kanak (feminine kanake, masculine plural kanaks, feminine plural kanakes)

1. (relational) Kanak

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From Hawaiian kanaka (“human, man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənæk/

Noun

kanak

1. a person of Native Hawaiian descent

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kanak, from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

kanak (first-person possessive kanakku, second-person possessive kanakmu, third-person possessive kanaknya)

1. child (a daughter or son)

See also

• anak
• kanak-kanak

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanaʔ/
• Rhymes: -anaʔ, -naʔ, -aʔ

Noun

kanak (plural kanak-kanak, informal 1st possessive kanakku, 2nd possessive kanakmu, 3rd possessive kanaknya)

1. child (a daughter or son)
2. (formal, used in the plural) a child

See also

• anak
• kanak-kanak

Further reading

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

Sasak

Alternative forms

• anak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

kanak

1. 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

1. cotton cloth

Wemba-Wemba

Noun

kanak

1. heel