English

Alternative forms

• Canaque

Noun

Kanak ‎(plural Kanaks)

1. Indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia.

Translations

See also

• Canuck
• Kanaky
• Kaneka, Kanéka

French

Noun

Kanak m ‎(plural Kanaks)

1. Kanak

French

Adjective

kanak m ‎(feminine singular kanake, masculine plural kanaks, feminine plural kanakes)

1. Kanak (attributive)

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Noun

kanak

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

See also

• anak
• kanak-kanak

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanaʔ/
• Rhymes: -anaʔ, -naʔ, -aʔ

Noun

kanak ‎(plural kanak-kanak)

1. child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

See also

• anak
• kanak-kanak

Sasak

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

• anak

Noun

kanak

1. Alternative form of anak

Wemba-Wemba

Noun

kanak

1. heel