From root: anak
Usage Note
Anak-anakan refers to someone treated as a daughter or son, often without a legal bond. This is common in close-knit Filipino communities.
Examples
" Anak-anakan ko siya. "
Natural Translation
She is my foster child.
Literal Translation
Foster-child my she.
" Mabait ang anak-anakan ni Maria. "
Natural Translation
Maria’s foster child is kind.
Literal Translation
Kind the foster-child of Maria.
" Bagama't hindi niya tunay na anak, itinuturing niyang anak-anakan ang batang pinalaki niya simula pagkabata nito. "
Natural Translation
Although the child is not his real child, he treats as a foster child the child he raised since its childhood.
Literal Translation
Although not his true child, treated by-him-as foster-child the child raised by-him since childhood its.
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