alak

Borrowed from Malay arak, from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq) (cf. Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak and Ilocano arak).

• Hyphenation: a‧lak
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐk]

alak

1. alcoholic beverage; liquor; wine

• alakan

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

alak

1. hand, arm

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlɒk]

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• Hyphenation: a‧lak
• Rhymes: -ɒk

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

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

• 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).

alak

1. wine; alcoholic beverage
2. irrigation

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

alak

1. child

alak

1. child

Borrowed from Malay arak (“liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “arak”). Compare Bikol Central arak, Chamorro arak, and Ilocano arak.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalak/ [ˈʔaː.lɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -alak
• Syllabification: a‧lak

alak (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔)

1. alcoholic beverage; liquor
2. alcohol

   Synonym: alkohol

3. wine

   Synonym: bino

• “alak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “alak”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024