I. bəˈtäk, bä- noun
( plural batak or bataks )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Tagbanuwa Baták
1. : a small predominantly pagan native group inhabiting northern Palawan Island, Philippines
2. : a member of the Batak group
II. ˈbäˌtäk noun
also bat·tak “
( plural batak or bataks )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Malay
1.
a. : an Indonesian ethnic group inhabiting the highlands of Sumatra
b. : a member of this group
2. : an Austronesian language of the Batak people