Javanese Etymology Inherited from Old Javanese bañak (“goose”). Compare to Middle Chinese 鴻雁 (ɦuŋ ŋˠanH). Noun ꦧꦚꦏ꧀ (banyak) goose Synonyms: ꦲꦁꦱ (angsa), (krama) ꦒꦁꦱ (gangsa) Further reading The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “banyak”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.