sanak

Balinese

Romanization

sanak

1. Romanization of ᬲᬵᬦᬓ᭄

Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed as se- +‎ anak, inherited from Malay sanak, from Old Javanese sānak (“brother, sister, relative; with his brother(s)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.naʔ/
• Rhymes: -naʔ
• Hyphenation: sa‧nak

Noun

sanak (plural sanak-sanak, first-person possessive sanakku, second-person possessive sanakmu, third-person possessive sanaknya)

1. family

   Synonym: keluarga

2. relative

   Synonym: saudara

Derived terms

• bersanak
• menyanak

 

• sanak fiktif
• sanak saudara

 

Further reading

• “sanak” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

sanak

1. Romanization of ꦱꦤꦏ꧀

Tetum

Etymology

From *sana-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa. Compare Tagalog sanga.

Noun

sanak

1. branch