akang

Ambonese Malay

Particle

akang

1. future tense marker

Preposition

akang

1. for

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese akang (ᮃᮊᮀ, “elder brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaŋ/
• Rhymes: -akaŋ, -kaŋ, -aŋ

Noun

akang (first-person possessive akangku, second-person possessive akangmu, third-person possessive akangnya)

1. (literally or figuratively, chiefly Banten and West Java) elder brother

Synonyms

Thesaurus:abang

Further reading

• “akang” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Variant of kakak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaŋ/
• Rhymes: -akaŋ, -kaŋ, -aŋ

Noun

akang (Jawi spelling اکڠ, plural akang-akang, informal 1st possessive akangku, 2nd possessive akangmu, 3rd possessive akangnya)

1. older sister
2. (rare) older brother
3. (rare) older sibling

Synonyms

• kakak

Sundanese

Romanization

akang

1. Romanization of ᮃᮊᮀ