muang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng),Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang) etc.

Noun

muang (plural muangs or muang)

1. Alternative form of mueang

Anagrams

• Gunma, Maung, mangu, munga

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mouang — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• muwang — common

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈʔaŋ/, [mʊˈʔaŋ] (archaic)

• IPA^(key): /muˈaŋ/, [ˈmwaŋ]
• Hyphenation: mu‧ang

Noun

muáng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜀᜅ᜔)

1. knowledge; understanding; intelligence (usually in the negative)

   Synonyms: alam, batid, malay, kaalaman, kabatiran, kamalayan

   • 1994, Al O. Santiago, Sining ng pagsasaling-wika: sa Filipino mula sa Ingles, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 198:

     Gaya ng nabanggit na, imposibleng makapagsalin ng tula ang isang walang muwang kahit man lamang sa "rudiments of poetry".

     Like the one mentioned, one who lacks knowledge cannot translate a poem, even the "rudiments of poetry".

Derived terms

• kamuangan
• kinamuangan
• walang-kamuang-muang
• walang-kinamuangan
• walang-muang

 

Further reading

• “muang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier