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.l̪ʌk]

Noun

alak

  1. alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine

Derived terms
  • alakan

Galo

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak. Cognate with Tibetan ལག (lag, “hand, arm”), Burmese လက် (lak) and Nuosu ꇇ (lot, “hand”).

Noun

alak

  1. hand, arm

Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from to áll (“to stand”) +‎ -k (diminutive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒk]
  • Audio(file)
  • 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
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
Expressions

References
  1. alak in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’), Second, revised and expanded edition, Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2021, page 38, →ISBN. (See also the PDF of its 1st edition.)

Further reading
  • alak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • alak in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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

Noun

alak

  1. child

Siraya

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/ [ˈʔa.lɐk]
  • Rhymes: -alak
  • Syllabification: a‧lak

Noun

alak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

  1. alcoholic beverage; liquor
  2. alcohol
    Synonym: alkohol
  3. wine
    Synonym: bino

Hypernyms

Derived terms
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