amak

See also: Ámak

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmak/ [ʔɐˈmɐk]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: a‧mak

Noun

amak (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜣ᜴)

1. a woven mat, usually made from the leaves of buri palm and used for sleeping

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 27
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmak/ [ʔɐˈmak̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ak
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔamak/ [ˈʔaː.mɐk̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -amak
• Syllabification: a‧mak

Adjective

amák (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜃ᜔)

1. tame; domesticated

   Synonyms: manso, maamo

Derived terms

• amakin
• mag-amak
• mang-aamak
• pampaamak
• pang-amak
• umamak

Noun

amak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜃ᜔)

1. domestication of animals
2. caring for or caressing a fighting cock

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔamak/ [ˈʔaː.mɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -amak
• Syllabification: a‧mak

Noun

amak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜃ᜔)

1. hut in the forest or mountain

   Synonyms: dampa, barong-barong, kubo, salong

Derived terms

• amakin
• mag-amak

Further reading

• “amak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Anagrams

• akma, kama, Maka, maka-