# anak
## Bakung
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Balantak
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

### References

* Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – anak. SIL International.

## Balinese
### Romanization

anak
* Romanization of ᬳᬦᬓ᭄.

## Banjarese
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Baram Kayan
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Bolinao
### Noun

anak
* child

## Casiguran Dumagat Agta
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anák
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* nak — term of address

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈn̪ak]
* Hyphenation: a‧nak

### Noun

anák (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)
* one's offspring, children; daughter, son
    Synonyms: dugo sa dugo, unod sa unod — figurative

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:anak.

#### Derived terms

* alangkan
* Anak
* anak ni Adan
* anak ni Eba
* anak sa anuos
* anak sa buhat
* anak sa bunyag
* Anak sa Diyos
* anak sa engkanto
* anak sa gawas
* anak sa hulaw
* anak sa kagang
* anak sa kasal
* anak sa pagkadalaga
* anak sa pagkakasal
* anak sa pagkaulitawo
* anak sa pagpakasala
* anak sa sakramento
* anak sa sala
* anak sa sapi
* Anak sa Tawo
* anak-anak
* anakan
* anakon
* angkan
* angkanon
* hingangkan
* ig-alanak
* ig-anak
* inanak
* mag-alanak
* mag-anak
* manag-anak
* mantianak
* manganak
* moanak
* paanak
* paangkan
* pag-umangkon
* palaanak
* palaangkanan
* panganak
* pinaangkan
* pinanganak
* taguangkan
* talianak
* umaanak

### References

* John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 42

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano anak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈnak/, [aˈnak]
* Hyphenation: a‧nak

### Noun

anák
* child
    Synonym: bata

## Coastal Kadazan
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Dairi Batak
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* offspring; child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Dupaningan Agta
### Noun

anak
* child

## Eastern Bontoc
### Noun

anak
* child

## Gayo
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Hanunoo
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈnɐk]
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: a‧nak

### Noun

anák (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜣ᜴)
* child; offspring (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

#### Derived terms

* anak sa kalyag
* anak-alaga
* anak-karaw-an
* anak-ulong

### Adjective

anák (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜣ᜴)
* young; youthful (of people)

### 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 29

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧nak
* IPA: /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔaˈnak]

### Noun

anák
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
    Synonym: bata

#### Derived terms

* anakon
* mag-anak

## Iban
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
* (Christianity) Son, one of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated in Jesus Christ

## Ilocano
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈnak]
* Hyphenation: a‧nák

#### Noun

anák (plural annak or aannak)
* child; son; daughter
    Synonym: putot

##### Derived terms

* aanakan
* aganak
* agpaanak
* an-anak
* anakan
* anaken
* apag-anak
* inanak
* ipaanak
* kaanakan
* kaiyanak
* kinaanak
* maanakan
* mamagpaanak
* manganak
* manganganak
* mayanak
* naganak
* nakayanakan
* paanaken
* paganakan
* paganaken
* pannakaanak
* pangganakan
* sanganakan, sangaanakan
* umanak
* yanak

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

anák
* interest (price paid for receiving borrowed money or goods)

##### Derived terms

* aganak
* agpapaanak (iti kuarta)
* paanakan

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay anak, from Classical Malay انق (anak), from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈanaʔ/ [ˈa.naʔ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anaʔ
* Syllabification: a‧nak

### Noun

anak (plural anak-anak)
* (Heading) a young creature
** child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
** (law) minor
** young of animal or plant
    anak ayamchick(literally, “child of chicken”)
    anak pisangyoung banana plant(literally, “child of banana”)
* (Heading) a person associated with a particular identity or trait
** member of a certain job group
    anak kapalcrew member(literally, “child of ship”)
** (colloquial) a member or attendee of an organization, group, event, institution, school, etc.
    Gue anak padus. ― I am a choirister. (literally, “I am a child of a choir.”)
** native of a place
    anak JakartaJakartan(literally, “child of Jakarta”)
* (Heading) small or miniature
** a component part of a whole
    anak kuncikey(literally, “child of key”)
** a smaller version of something similar that is larger or bigger
    anak bukitkey(literally, “child of hill”)

#### Derived terms

* anak-anak
* anak-anakan
* anak-beranak
* anakan
* beranak
* memperanakkan
* peranakan
* anak Adam
* anak air
* anak ajaib
* Anak Allah
* anak angkat
* anak asuh
* anak bapak
* anak bawang
* anak bedil
* anak berkebutuhan khusus
* anak bini
* anak buah
* anak buncit
* anak bungsu
* anak cucu
* anak dacin
* anak daging
* anak dapat
* anak Daud
* anak daun
* anak didik
* anak emak
* anak emas
* anak gadis
* anak gampang
* anak gaul
* anak gedongan
* anak geladak
* anak ginjal
* anak halal
* anak haram
* anak ibu
* anak jalanan
* anak judul
* anak kandung
* anak kecil
* anak kembar
* anak kencing
* anak kolong
* anak kunci
* anak lahir hidup
* anak lidah
* anak limpa
* anak mama
* anak mami
* anak mampu didik
* anak mampu rawat
* anak murid
* anak negara
* anak obat
* anak orang
* anak panah
* anak pelor
* anak perahu
* anak perusahaan
* anak piatu
* anak pohon
* anak prasekolah
* anak pungut
* anak rantau
* anak semata wayang
* anak sipil
* anak sulung
* anak susuan
* anak timbangan
* anak tuna
* anak tunggal
* anak uang
* anak yatim
* anak zadah

### Further reading

* “anak” 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.

## Itawit
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anák
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Javanese
### Romanization

anak
* Romanization of ꦲꦤꦏ꧀

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔʌˈnʌk̠̚]
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: a‧nak

### Noun

anák
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Kapampangan
### Alternative forms

* anac (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈnak/ [əˈnäk] (singular)
* IPA: /ˈanək/ [ˈäː.nək] (plural)
* Hyphenation: a‧nak

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

### Noun

ának
* children

## Karao
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child

## Karo Batak
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Kelabit
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

anák
* child

## Malay
### Etymology

From Classical Malay انق (anak), from Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈanak/ [ˈa.naʔ]
* Rhymes: -anaʔ, -naʔ, -aʔ
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧nak

### Noun

anak (Jawi spelling انق, plural anak-anak, informal 1st possessive anakku, 2nd possessive anakmu, 3rd possessive anaknya)
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

#### Derived terms

* anak Adam / انق ادم
* anak angkat / انق اڠکت
* anak ayam / انق ايم
* anak ayat / انق ايات
* anak batu / انق باتو
* anak bini / انق بيني
* anak bongsu or anak bungsu / انق بوڠسو
* anak buah / انق بواه
* anak buah zakar / انق بواه ذکر
* anak dacing / انق داچيڠ
* anak damak / انق دامق
* anak dapat / انق داڤت
* anak dara / انق دارا
* anak dara tua / انق دارا توا
* anak didik / انق ديديق
* anak emas / انق امس
* anak gadis / انق ݢاديس
* anak gampang / انق ݢمڤڠ
* anak gobek / انق ݢوبيق
* anak halal / انق حلال
* anak haram / انق حرام
* anak isteri / انق ايستري
* anak jari / انق جاري
* anak jati / انق جاتي
* anak kalimat / انق کليمت
* anak kandung / انق کاندوڠ
* anak kapal / انق کاڤل
* anak kembar / انق کمبر
* anak kesayangan / انق کسايڠن
* anak kunci / انق کونچي
* anak lelaki / انق للاکي
* anak lidah / انق ليده
* anak luar nikah / انق لوار نكاح
* anak manuk / انق مانوق
* anak mata / انق مات
* anak menengah / انق منڠه
* anak merah / انق ميره
* anak muda / انق مودا
* anak murid / انق موريد
* anak orang / انق اورڠ
* anak pagar / انق ڤاݢر
* anak panah / انق ڤانه
* anak patung / انق ڤاتوڠ
* anak piatu / انق ڤياتو
* anak pinak / انق ڤينق
* anak saudara / انق ساودارا
* anak semang / انق سمڠ
* anak serigala / انق سريݢالا
* anak sulung / انق سولوڠ
* anak sumbang / انق سومبڠ
* anak sungai / انق سوڠاي
* anak tangan / انق تاڠن
* anak tangga / انق تڠݢ
* anak tekak / انق تکق
* anak telinga / انق تليڠا
* anak tengkar / انق تڠکر
* anak teruna / انق ترونا
* anak timbangan / انق تيمبڠن
* anak tiri / انق تيري
* anak torak / انق تورق
* anak tuan-tuan / انق توان٢
* anak tuanan / انق توانن
* anak tunggal / انق توڠݢل
* anak wayang / انق وايڠ
* anak yatim / انق يتيم
* anak yatim piatu / انق يتيم ڤياتو

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: anak

#### See also

* kanak
* anakanda (courtly language)

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “انق anak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 28
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “انق anak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 49-50
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “anak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 27-8

### Further reading

* “anak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Manggarai
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Mansaka
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anák
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Maranao
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Matigsalug Manobo
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child

## Mayoyao Ifugao
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anák
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Ngaju
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦲꦤꦏ꧀ (anak)

## Olekha
### Pronoun

anak
* we (1st-person exclusive plural pronoun)

## Palawan Batak
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anák
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈnak/, [aˈnak]
* Hyphenation: a‧nak

### Noun

anák
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
    Synonym: ogaw

## Rade
### Noun

anak
* a child (daughter or son)

## Rembong
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Sasak
### Alternative forms

* kanak

### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Compare Acehnese aneuk, Balinese ᬧᬦᬓ᭄ (panak), Ibanag ana, Lubuagan Kalinga alak, Makasar ana', Malagasy ánaka, Malay anak, kanak, Nias ono, Siraya alak, and Western Cham anâk.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ʔaˈnak/ [ʔɐˈn̪ak̚] (“child; offspring”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -ak
** IPA: /ˈʔanak/ [ˈʔaː.n̪ɐk̚] (“kin; relative”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -anak
* Syllabification: a‧nak

### Noun

anák (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)
* child; offspring
    Synonyms: (figurative) bunga ng pag-ibig, (figurative) laman ng laman
* native of (used in certain expressions)

#### Derived terms

* alibughang anak
* anak na panguman
* anak ng kamote
* anak ng puta
* anak ng tinapa
* anak ng tipaklong
* anak ng tokwa
* anak ng tupa
* anak-anakan
* anak-araw
* anak-bukid
* anak-dalag
* anak-dalita
* anak-mayaman
* anak-pawis
* anak-sa-labas
* anak-sa-ligaw
* anak-sa-lupa
* anakan
* anakin
* angkan
* bonak
* bugtong na anak
* Diyos Anak
* ianak
* inaanak
* ipaanak
* ipanganak
* junakis
* kaanakan
* kapanganakan
* maanak
* mag-anak
* magkaanak
* magpaanak
* manganak
* paanakan
* paanakin
* pag-aanak
* pag-anak
* pagkaanak
* pagmamahal-anak
* pagpapaanak
* palaanak
* palaanakin
* pampaanak
* panganganak
* papag-anakin
* papanganakin
* tagumanak
* umanak

#### Related terms

* Anak

### Noun

anak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔)
* kin; relative; relation

#### Derived terms

* kaanak
* kamag-anak
* kamag-anakan
* magkamag-anak
* pagkakamag-anak
* pangmag-anak

### Further reading

* “anak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aNak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* Kana, naka-, kana, ka- -an

## Tausug
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /ʔanak/ [ʔɑˈn̪ak̚]
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: a‧nak

### Noun

anak (Sulat Sūg spelling اَنَكْ)
* child
* offspring

## Toba Batak
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Tontemboan
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈnak/, [ʔaˈnak]
* Hyphenation: a‧nak

### Noun

anák
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
    Synonym: bata

## West Coast Bajau
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Western Bukidnon Manobo
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Yamdena
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Yami
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anak
* child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

## Yogad
### Etymology

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

### Noun

anák
* child