alak

See also: -alak

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq) (cf. Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak and Ilocano arak).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧lak
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐk]

• Audio:

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Noun

alak (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. bottled wine sold commercially (from contact with lowlanders)

Usage notes

• The term does not apply to native fermented beverages.

See also

• intos

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]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: a‧lak
• Rhymes: -ɒk

Noun

alak (plural alakok)

1. figure, form, shape

   Synonyms: forma, alakzat

2. character (in a book, drama etc.)

   Synonym: szereplő

3. (linguistics) word form (usually including its inflection, if there is any)

   Synonym: (comparable to type in corpus linguistics) szóalak

4. figure, build (of a person)

   Synonyms: alkat, testalkat, termet, testfelépítés, megjelenés

5. (colloquial) bloke, fellow, chap, guy

   Synonyms: fickó, ürge, pasi

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	alak	alakok
accusative	alakot	alakokat
dative	alaknak	alakoknak
instrumental	alakkal	alakokkal
causal-final	alakért	alakokért
translative	alakká	alakokká
terminative	alakig	alakokig
essive-formal	alakként	alakokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	alakban	alakokban
superessive	alakon	alakokon
adessive	alaknál	alakoknál
illative	alakba	alakokba
sublative	alakra	alakokra
allative	alakhoz	alakokhoz
elative	alakból	alakokból
delative	alakról	alakokról
ablative	alaktól	alakoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	alaké	alakoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	alakéi	alakokéi

Possessive forms of alak

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	alakom	alakjaim
2nd person sing.	alakod	alakjaid
3rd person sing.	alakja	alakjai
1st person plural	alakunk	alakjaink
2nd person plural	alakotok	alakjaitok
3rd person plural	alakjuk	alakjaik

Derived terms

• alaki
• alakít
• alakonként
• alakos
• alakoskodik
• alakostul
• alakszerű
• alaktalan
• alakul
• alakú
• alakzat

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• alakformálás
• alakhű
• alakjáték
• alakmás
• alakpár
• alakrajz
• alaktan
• alaktartó
• alakutánzás
• alakvas
• alakváltozat
• alakváltozás
• alakváltoztatás

Compound words with this term at the end

• állatalak
• árnyalak
• emberalak
• főalak
• hangalak
• igealak
• külalak
• mellékalak
• mesealak
• normálalak
• nőalak
• regényalak
• szóalak
• szörnyalak
• vezéralak

Expressions

• szótári alak

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 2024).

Limos Kalinga

Noun

alak

1. wine; alcoholic beverage
2. irrigation

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

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

Noun

alak

1. child

Siraya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

alak

1. child

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”). Compare Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak, and Ilocano arak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔaː.lɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -alak
• Syllabification: a‧lak

Noun

alak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

1. alcoholic beverage; liquor
2. alcohol

   Synonym: alkohol

3. wine

   Synonym: bino

Derived terms

• alak-alakan
• alak-bigas
• alakan
• alakin

See also

• agwardiyente
• basi
• bino-blangko
• brandi
• hinebra
• kaktel
• lambanog
• likor
• serbesa
• sidras
• siyoktong
• wiski

Further reading

• “alak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “alak”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025

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)

1. alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine

   In mag'inum alak langgal saraꞌ pa Tuhan.

   To drink an alcoholic beverage is against the law of God.