menak
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sundanese ᮙᮦᮔᮊ᮪ (ménak, “nobility”) (compare Javanese ꦩꦺꦤꦏ꧀ (ménak, “obsolete title for a nobleman”, literally “comfortable”), Balinese ᬫᬾᬦᬓ᭄ (ménak, “pleasant person; nobility”)), from Old Javanese menak (“nobleman”). By surface analysis, meng- + enak (“delicious; comfortable, pleasant”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmenak (plural menak-menak, first-person possessive menakku, second-person possessive menakmu, third-person possessive menaknya)
Further reading
edit- “menak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Old Javanese
editEtymology
editAffixed (m)aN- + inak (“well-being, peace, ease, enjoyment, satisfaction, easy (smooth, untroubled) course”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmenak
- at ease, relieved, satisfied
- easy, smooth, untroubled
- pleasant, agreeable, comfortable, convenient, preferable
Alternative forms
editDescendants
editNoun
editmenak
Derived terms
editDescendants
editCategories:
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Sundanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Sundanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Old Javanese
- Indonesian terms prefixed with meng-
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/nak
- Rhymes:Indonesian/nak/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Old Javanese terms prefixed with (m)aN-
- Old Javanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Javanese lemmas
- Old Javanese adjectives
- Old Javanese nouns