kanak
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kanak (feminine kanake, masculine plural kanaks, feminine plural kanakes)
Hawaiian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Hawaiian kanaka (“human, man”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kanak
- a person of Native Hawaiian descent
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay kanak, from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.
Noun edit
kanak (first-person possessive kanakku, second-person possessive kanakmu, third-person possessive kanaknya)
- child (a daughter or son)
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Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kanak (plural kanak-kanak, informal 1st possessive kanakku, 2nd possessive kanakmu, 3rd possessive kanaknya)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “kanak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sasak edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.
Noun edit
kanak
- Alternative form of anak
Tocharian A edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tocharian *kenek (whence Tocharian B kenek), probably borrowed from an Iranian language. Compare Ossetian гӕн (gæn, “flax”).
Noun edit
kanak
- cotton cloth
Wemba-Wemba edit
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kanak