alang

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See also: alaŋ

English

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Preposition

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alang

  1. Pronunciation spelling of along.

Anagrams

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈlaŋ/ [ʔaˈl̪aŋ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧lang

Adjective

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aláng (plural aralang, Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. (Naga) dry; arid
    Synonym: mara
    Antonyms: basa, dumog

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Noun

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aláng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. dried fish
    Synonym: tuyo

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Compare alang-alang, and Tagalog alang-alang (regards)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalaŋ/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐŋ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧lang

Preposition

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álang (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. (formal) for (the sake of)
    Synonym: para
    alang sa nasodfor the country
    alang sa Ginoofor God
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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.laŋ/, [ˈa.laŋ]
  • Hyphenation: alang

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay alang, from Classical Malay الڠ (alang), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (obstruct, lie across or athwart). Doublet of halang.

Noun

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alang (plural alang-alang, first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

  1. crossbeam, bar going across.
  2. room divider
    Synonym: sekat
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Adjective

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alang

  1. middle
    Synonym: sedang
  2. middle, moderate
    Synonym: tengah
  3. half-baked, incomplete
    Synonyms: tanggung, setengah-setengah
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Minangkabau alang.

Noun

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alang (first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

  1. gift
    Synonyms: hadiah, pemberian

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].

Noun

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alang (first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

  1. long neck bottle.

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Sasak [Term?]. Cognate of Karao alang.

Noun

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alang (first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

  1. granary
    Synonym: lumbung

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Javanese

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Romanization

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alang

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦁ

Karao

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Noun

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alang

  1. rice granary

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaŋ-alaŋ (insufficient, half-heartedly).

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Noun

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alang (plural alang-alang, informal 1st possessive alangku, 2nd possessive alangmu, 3rd possessive alangnya)

  1. a form of address for the third child.
  2. (colloquial) a form of address for a sibling that is neither the eldest nor the youngest.

Adjective

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alang

  1. medium; half-and-half
  2. little (of account)

Further reading

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  • alang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

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Adjective

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aláng

  1. early

Scots

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Preposition

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alang

  1. along

Adjective

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alang (comparative further, superlative furthest)

  1. along

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Etymology

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From ala- +‎ -ng.

Noun

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alang

  1. trough, hollow, depression
  2. lowland

Inflection

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Inflection of alang (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. alang
genitive sing. alangon
partitive sing. alangod
partitive plur. alangoid
singular plural
nominative alang alangod
accusative alangon alangod
genitive alangon alangoiden
partitive alangod alangoid
essive-instructive alangon alangoin
translative alangoks alangoikš
inessive alangos alangoiš
elative alangospäi alangoišpäi
illative alangoho alangoihe
adessive alangol alangoil
ablative alangolpäi alangoilpäi
allative alangole alangoile
abessive alangota alangoita
comitative alangonke alangoidenke
prolative alangodme alangoidme
approximative I alangonno alangoidenno
approximative II alangonnoks alangoidennoks
egressive alangonnopäi alangoidennopäi
terminative I alangohosai alangoihesai
terminative II alangolesai alangoilesai
terminative III alangossai
additive I alangohopäi alangoihepäi
additive II alangolepäi alangoilepäi

References

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