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banak

  1. alternative form of balanak

From earlier *bahanak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balanak (“a sea fish: the mullet”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano balanak, Pangasinan balanak, Kapampangan balanak, Romblomanon bayānak, Central Bikol balanak, Aklanon baeanak, Cebuano balanak, Maranao balanak, Tausug bānak, Malay belanak, Buginese ᨅᨒᨊ (balana'), Javanese ꦧ꧀ꦭꦤꦏ꧀ (blanak), Sundanese balanak, and Makasar balanak.

banak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜃ᜔) (zoology)

  1. mullet; grey mullet
    Synonyms: asubi, balungain, bilungan, gagapang, lumitog, sumalapaw, tandipil

banak

  1. mudfish, esp. Channa striata

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