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anak.

a young creature

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈanak/[ˈa.nak̚]/ˈanaʔ/[ˈa.naʔ]
  1. a young creature child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

  2. a young creature minor

  3. a young creature young of animal or plant

  4. a person associated with a particular identity or trait member of a certain job group

  5. a person associated with a particular identity or trait a member or attendee of an organization, group, event, institution, school, etc.

    colloquial
    Gue anak padus.
  6. a person associated with a particular identity or trait native of a place

  7. small or miniature a component part of a whole

  8. small or miniature a smaller version of something similar that is larger or bigger

Where this word comes from

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

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