among

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English among, amang, amonge, amange, from Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- +‎ mong (crowd; group; throng). Compare dialectal German mang, Saterland Frisian monk, monken (among).

The raising of /ɔ/ ( → /ɒ/) to /u/ ( → /ʌ/) is regular between /m/ and /ŋ/; compare monger, mongrel.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /əˈmʌŋ/, /əˈmɒŋ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧mong
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Preposition[edit]

among

  1. Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)
    How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?
  2. Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
    He is among the few who completely understand the subject.
  3. Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
    Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.

Usage notes[edit]

  • For the comparison of among with between, see the usage notes in between.
  • Many Americans view "amongst" as an archaic/Commonwealth variant, and use "among" exclusively.

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Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From amo +‎ -ng.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔamoŋ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mong

Noun[edit]

ámong

  1. Alternative form of amo (master, boss).

Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧mong

Verb[edit]

among

  1. To be made or become a collateral damage.
  2. To implicate; to connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
  3. To drag in.

Ibatan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Yami among.

Noun[edit]

among

  1. fish

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

among (plural among-among, first-person possessive amongku, second-person possessive amongmu, third-person possessive amongnya)

  1. jewelry in coronation of odonafi

Further reading[edit]

Lubuagan Kalinga[edit]

Noun[edit]

among

  1. party; banquet

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- +‎ mong.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

among

  1. among

Adverb[edit]

among

  1. among

Descendants[edit]

  • English: among
  • Scots: among
  • Yola: amang, mang

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Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧mong
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔamoŋ/, [ˈʔa.moŋ]

Noun[edit]

among

  1. (vulgar, colloquial) priest
    Synonym: pari
  2. (colloquial) boss; chief; master

Yami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Ibatan among.

Noun[edit]

among

  1. fish