alang

See also: alaŋ

English

Preposition

alang

1. Pronunciation spelling of along.

Anagrams

• Galan, Lagan, Ngala, lagan

Ao

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Naga *laŋ.

Verb

alang

1. (Chungli) to cut

Etymology 2

Verb

alang

1. (Chungli) to fall down, fall over

   ali nung alang

   fell to the ground

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 98, 243
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 12
• E. W. Clark (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, pages 108, 118

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlaŋ/ [ʔaˈl̪aŋ]

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• Hyphenation: a‧lang

Adjective

aláng (plural aralang, Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

1. (Naga) dry; arid

   Synonym: mara

   Antonyms: basa, dumog

Derived terms

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

Noun

aláng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

1. dried fish

   Synonym: tuyo

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare alang-alang, and Tagalog alang-alang (“regards”)

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

álang (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

1. (formal) for (the sake of)

   Synonym: para

   alang sa nasod ― for the country

   alang sa Ginoo ― for God

Related terms

• alang-alang
• alangan
• alanganin
• ang-ang

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈalaŋ/ [ˈa.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: a‧lang

Etymology 1

Inherited 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)

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 (comparative lebih alang, superlative paling 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

Borrowed from Minangkabau alang.

Noun

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. gift

   Synonyms: hadiah, pemberian

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].

Noun

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. long neck bottle

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Sasak [Term?]. Cognate of Karao alang.

Noun

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. granary

   Synonym: lumbung

Further reading

• “alang”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

alang

1. romanization of ꦲꦭꦁ

Karao

Noun

alang

1. rice granary

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaŋ-alaŋ (“insufficient, half-heartedly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalaŋ/ [ˈa.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧lang

Noun

alang (plural alang-alang or alang²)

1. a form of address for the third child.
2. (colloquial) a form of address for a sibling that is neither the eldest nor the youngest.

Adjective

alang (comparative lebih alang, superlative paling alang)

1. medium; half-and-half
2. little (of account)

Further reading

• “alang”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Adjective

aláng

1. early

Scots

Preposition

alang

1. along

Adjective

alang (comparative further, superlative furthest)

1. along

Veps

Etymology

From ala- +‎ -ng.

Noun

alang

1. trough, hollow, depression
2. lowland

Inflection

Inflection of alang (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	alang
genitive sing.	alangon
partitive sing.	alangod
partitive plur.	alangoid
	singular	plural
nominative	alang	alangod
accusative	alangon	alangod
genitive	alangon	alangoiden
partitive	alangod	alangoid
essive-instructive	alangon	alangoin
translative	alangoks	alangoikš
inessive	alangos	alangoiš
elative	alangospäi	alangoišpäi
illative	alangoho	alangoihe
adessive	alangol	alangoil
ablative	alangolpäi	alangoilpäi
allative	alangole	alangoile
abessive	alangota	alangoita
comitative	alangonke	alangoidenke
prolative	alangodme	alangoidme
approximative I	alangonno	alangoidenno
approximative II	alangonnoks	alangoidennoks
egressive	alangonnopäi	alangoidennopäi
terminative I	alangohosai	alangoihesai
terminative II	alangolesai	alangoilesai
terminative III	alangossai	—
additive I	alangohopäi	alangoihepäi
additive II	alangolepäi	alangoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “впадина, низина, понижение”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika