ang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ang"

Translingual

Symbol

ang

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Old English.

Noun

ang

1. (computing) Alternative form of ANG

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Albanian

Etymology

Dialectal. From Proto-Albanian *anga, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(o)nǵʰ- (“narrow”), Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to constrict”). Cognate to Latin ango (“to cramp (up), constrict”), German eng (“narrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋ(ɡ)/

Noun

ang m (definite angje, definite plural angu)

1. nightmare
2. incubus
3. (mythology) shapeless ghost who appears in dreams

Derived terms

• ankth
• angësht
• angërduf
• angari
• angullin

Related terms

• eng

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Atong (India)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka.

Pronoun

ang

1. I

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaŋ/ [ʔaŋ]

Particle

ang

1. Alternative form of an.

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Dimasa

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa.

Pronoun

áng

1. I

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French angle.

Noun

ang

1. angle

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Irish

Noun

ang f (genitive singular anga, nominative plural angaí)

1. Alternative form of eang (“track, gusset”)

Declension

Declension of ang

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ang angaí Vocative a ang a angaí Genitive anga angaí Dative ang angaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ang na hangaí Genitive na hanga na n-angaí Dative leis an ang don ang leis na hangaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ang	n-ang	hang	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အင် (ang).

Noun

ang

1. water basin

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

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Mandarin

Romanization

ang

1. Nonstandard spelling of āng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of áng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of àng.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of ang – see 翁 (“elderly man; father; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 翁).

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Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːŋ/

Determiner

āng

1. Alternative form of ēnich

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

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Old Norse

Etymology

Unclear origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).

Noun

ang n

1. fragrance

Declension

  Declension of ang (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ang	angit	ǫng	ǫngin
accusative	ang	angit	ǫng	ǫngin
dative	angi	anginu	ǫngum	ǫngunum
genitive	angs	angsins	anga	anganna

Related terms

• anga
• angi

References

• “ang”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *aŋ. Cognate with Bikol Central an, Cebuano ang, Hiligaynon ang, Waray-Waray an.

Further etymology is debated; some have theorized a relationship to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a (“direct marker”), from Proto-Austronesian *a (“direct marker”) with the addition of an unclear nasal suffix. Compare Kapampangan ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaŋ/, [ˈʔaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ

Article

ang

1. direct marker for all nouns other than personal proper nouns

   Tumakbo ang lalaki.

   The man ran.

   Kinain ng pusa ang isda.

   The cat ate the fish.

   Ang kidlat ay gumuguhit ng mga ugat sa taniman ng langit.

   (The) lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky.

2. used with a quality for emphasis and to give it an adjectival meaning

   Ang ganda! ― How pretty! (literally, “The beauty!”)

Usage notes

• This particle is analyzed as the definite article (i.e., the) when used alone, and the indefinite article (i.e., a or an) when used with the numeral "isa".

  Ang araw ― The sun

  Ang isang tao ― A person

• Direct personal proper nouns (primarily names) are marked with "si".

Derived terms

• ang pagsasabi ng tapat ay pagsasama ng maluwat

 

See also

Tagalog markers

		Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)
Common	Singular	ang	ng	sa
	Plural	ang mga	ng mga	sa mga
Personal	Singular	si	ni	kay
	Plural / Polite	sina	nina	kina

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (central Vietnam, southern Vietnam) ảng

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 盎 (SV: áng).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaːŋ˧˧]

• Audio (Ho Chi Minh City):

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Noun

(classifier cái) ang • (盎, 𤮃, 坱, 央, 垵)

1. (Northern Vietnam) a kind of water container
2. (historical) a traditional instrument made from wood or bamboo, used to measure grain

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from .

Adjective

1. Angry because of something that happened, from resentment thereof, restive.