# 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: /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐk]

### Noun

alak (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)
* 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
* hand, arm

## Hanunoo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔa.lɐk]
* Rhymes: -alak
* Syllabification: a‧lak

### Noun

alak (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜣ᜴)
* 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: [ˈɒlɒk]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧lak
* Rhymes: -ɒk

### Noun

alak (plural alakok)
* figure, form, shape
    Synonyms: forma, alakzat
* character (in a book, drama etc.)
    Synonym: szereplő
* (linguistics) word form (usually including its inflection, if there is any)
    Synonym: (comparable to type in corpus linguistics) szóalak
* figure, build (of a person)
    Synonyms: alkat, testalkat, termet, testfelépítés, megjelenés
* (colloquial) bloke, fellow, chap, guy
    Synonyms: fickó, ürge, pasi

#### Derived terms

* alaki
* alakít
* alakonként
* alakos
* alakoskodik
* alakostul
* alakszerű
* alaktalan
* alakul
* alakú
* alakzat
* alakformálás
* alakhű
* alakjáték
* alakmás
* alakpár
* alakrajz
* alaktan
* alaktartó
* alakutánzás
* alakvas
* alakváltozat
* alakváltozás
* alakváltoztatás
* állatalak
* árnyalak
* emberalak
* főalak
* hangalak
* igealak
* külalak
* mellékalak
* mesealak
* normálalak
* nőalak
* regényalak
* szóalak
* szörnyalak
* vezéralak
* szótári alak

### References

* ↑ 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 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
* wine; alcoholic beverage
* irrigation

## Lubuagan Kalinga
### Etymology

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

### Noun

alak
* child

## Siraya
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

### Noun

alak
* 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: /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔaː.lɐk̚]
* Rhymes: -alak
* Syllabification: a‧lak

### Noun

alak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)
* alcoholic beverage; liquor
* alcohol
    Synonym: alkohol
* 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: /ʔalak/ [ʔɑˈlak̚]
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: a‧lak

### Noun

alak (Sulat Sūg spelling اَلَكْ)
* alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine
    In mag'inum alak langgal saraꞌ pa Tuhan.To drink an alcoholic beverage is against the law of God.