akang

Ambonese Malay

Particle

akang

1. future tense marker

Preposition

akang

1. for

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kang

Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese akang (“elder brother”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈakaŋ/ [ˈa.kaŋ]
• Rhymes: -akaŋ
• Syllabification: a‧kang

Noun

akang (plural akang-akang)

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

Synonyms

• (elder brother): Thesaurus:abang

Further reading

• “akang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakaŋ/, [ˈa.kʰãŋ]
• Hyphenation: a‧kang

Verb

akang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨀ or 𑻱𑻠, semi-transitive anngakang, passive niakang)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to be sufficient to cover; to be enough to span or coat a surface

   Naakanjinne paʼlaparaʼ-mejanga punna caʼdi-caʼdija mingka punna lompoi mejanga tanaakanngai

   The tablecloth just covers it if it is small, but if the table is large, it does not cover it.

   Punna tallunngeloja nupareʼ paʼlaparaʼ-mejang, tantu tanaakanngai anjo mejanga

   If you only use three ells to make a tablecloth, of course it does not cover that table.

   Punna tallukiʼ, tanaakanngai anne kalimbuka

   If there are three of us, this blanket is not sufficient to cover us.

   Punna caʼdi-caʼdija mejanga, anngakanginne

   If the table is somewhat small, it is sufficient to cover it.

   Maka pirambalèk ceʼ niballi na nampa naakang sibatu ballaʼ

   How many cans of paint must be bought to be sufficient to coat the whole house.

   Tanaakanngai paʼrokoʼ anne boʼ-boka

   The wrapper is not sufficient to cover this book.

2. (intransitive) to be sufficient to accommodate; to be enough to hold a number of people

   Pammatèi jaina tau battu ri anjo parahaderenga ka tanaakanngai taua pammempoang

   It shows there were many people attending the meeting because the seats were not sufficient to accommodate the people.

Derived terms

affixations

• anngakang
• piakànngi

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

Variant of kakak.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

akang (Jawi spelling اکڠ, plural akang-akang or akang²)

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

Synonyms

• kakak

Manado Malay

Etymology

From Malay -kan.

Particle

akang

1. indicates transitive imperative verbs

Further reading

• Marike Ivone Onsu, et al. (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara

Sundanese

Alternative forms

• engkang
• kang
• kakang

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aka-ŋ, from *aka (“elder sibling”). Cognate with Javanese ꦲꦏꦁ (akang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kaŋ/

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Noun

akang (Sundanese script ᮃᮊᮀ)

1. older brother

   Synonyms: aa, aka, kakang, aang

   Coordinate term: tétéh

2. older man
3. Mister