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.l̪ɐk]

• Audio:

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Noun

alak (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

1. alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine

Derived terms

• alakan

Galo

Etymology

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

Noun

alak

1. hand, arm

Hanunoo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔa.lɐk]
• Rhymes: -alak
• Syllabification: a‧lak

Noun

alak (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜣ᜴)

1. 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