[laŋk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of hair) long, limp, and straight
(e.g: the man had lank, brown, greasy hair)

- (of a person) lanky
(e.g: he sprawled his long, lank figure over a chair)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English hlanc ‘thin’, of Germanic origin; related to German lenken ‘to bend, turn’, also to flinch and link

[laŋk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- very numerous or plentiful
(e.g: come and share our braai—we've got lank meat)

- very good; fantastic
(e.g: dad's got a lank new car)


Phrases:

Origin:
sense 1 is perhaps from Afrikaans geld lank ‘money galore’; sense 2 may be related to Afrikaans lank nie sleg nie ‘not at all bad’