alang

See also: alaŋ

English

Preposition

alang

1. Pronunciation spelling of along.

Anagrams

• Galan, Lagan, Ngala, lagan

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

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Adjective

aláng

1. (Naga) dry; arid

   Synonym: mara

   Antonyms: basa, dumog

Derived terms

• maalang
• mag-alang
• makaalang
• paalang
• pag-alang
• pagkaalang

 

Noun

aláng

1. dried fish

   Synonym: tuyo

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

alang

1. for

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalaŋ]
• Hyphenation: alang

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• alangan
• beralang
• beralangan
• mengalang
• mengalang-alangi
• mengalangi
• mengalangkan
• pengalang
• teralang
• teralang-alang

 

Adjective

alang

1. middle

   Synonym: sedang

2. middle, moderate

   Synonym: tengah

3. half-baked, incomplete

   Synonyms: tanggung, setengah-setengah

Derived terms

• alang hari
• alang kepalang
• alang-alangan

 

Related terms

• halang
• palang

 

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau alang.

Noun

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

1. gift.

   Synonyms: hadiah, pemberian

Etymology 3

From Acehnese [Term?].

Noun

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

1. long neck bottle.

Etymology 4

From Sasak [Term?]. Cognate of Karao alang.

Noun

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

1. granary.

Further reading

• “alang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Karao

Noun

alang

1. rice granary

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Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

aláng

1. early

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Veps

Etymology

From ala- +‎ -ng.

Noun

alang

1. trough, hollow, depression
2. lowland

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “впадина, низина, понижение”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika