agpang

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ag(ə)páŋ. Cognate with Tagalog agpang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɡˈpaŋ/ [ʔɐɡˈpɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ag‧pang

Noun

agpáng (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤ᜴ᜩᜥ᜴)

1. a doubled strip of rattan that is tightly around a strip of a buri palm leaf which is split for basketweaving

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 21
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ag(e)páŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ag(ə)páŋ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɡˈpaŋ/ [ʔɐɡˈpaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ag‧pang

Adjective

agpáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜉᜅ᜔)

1. fitting; proper; suitable

   Synonyms: akma, angkop, bagay

2. adequate; sufficient
3. right; correct
4. fitted; exact
5. applicable
6. harmonious; marked by harmony of relation

Derived terms

• agpangan
• iagpang
• mag-agpang
• magkaagpang
• maiagpang

Noun

agpáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜉᜅ᜔)

1. act or manner of fitting or adjusting something into another
2. state of harmony of relations or feelings
3. condition of being proper

Further reading

• “agpang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ag(e)páŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• gapang, pagang