halang

See also: Halang

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• hang

Etymology

Compare Central Bikol harang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈhalaŋ/ [ˈhaː.l̪aŋ]
• Hyphenation: ha‧lang

Adjective

hálang (Badlit spelling ᜑᜎᜅ᜔)

1. hot; pungent; spicy
2. (slang) expensive

   Synonym: mahal

Derived terms

• kahalang

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano halang.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha‧lang
• IPA^(key): /ˈhalaŋ/ [ˈha.laŋ]

Adjective

hálang

1. spicy, pungent, biting (of taste)

   Synonym: kahang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay halang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (“obstruct, lie across or athwart”). Doublet of alang. Compare Tagalog harang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhalaŋ/ [ˈha.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: ha‧lang

Verb

halang

1. to hinder, to impede

   Synonyms: lintang, rintang

Affixed terms

• berhalangan
• halangan
• menghalang
• menghalang-halangi
• menghalangi
• penghalang
• terhalang
• terhalangi

Related terms

• alang
• palang

Further reading

• “halang”, 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

halang

1. romanization of ꦲꦭꦁ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (“obstruct, lie across or athwart”). Compare Tagalog harang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /halaŋ/
• Rhymes: -alaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ

Verb

halang (Jawi spelling هالڠ)

1. to hinder, to impede, to block, to obstruct.

   Dinding banjir tidak berjaya menghalang air yang semakin meningkat parasnya.

   The flood wall didn't succeed in blocking the rising water.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penghalangan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• penghalang [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• halangan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menghalang [agent focus] (meN-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: halang

Further reading

• "halang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "halang" at PRPM first version)

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ

Malay halangbor.?

Tagalog halang

Possibly borrowed from Malay halang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (“obstruct, lie across or athwart”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈhalaŋ/ [ˈhaː.lɐŋ] (“obstacle; clog; temporary screen; separating object; seine; substitute; substitution; spiciness”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -alaŋ
  • IPA^(key): /haˈlaŋ/ [hɐˈlaŋ] (“tranverse; savage”, adjective; “woven multicolor fabric”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ha‧lang

Noun

halang (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜅ᜔)

1. obstacle; barrier (object)

   Synonyms: hadlang, harang, balakid, sagabal, sagwil

2. clog

   Synonym: bara

3. temporary screen; temporary partition

   Synonym: tabing

4. object placed to separate two things

   Synonym: pagitan

5. encircling gill net or drag seine fishing gear
6. (architecture) crosspiece

   Synonym: krusada

7. (dialectal, Batangas) substitute; alternate

   Synonyms: kahalili, kapalit

8. (dialectal, Batangas) substitution

   Synonyms: halili, paghalili

9. (now dialectal, Quezon, Mindoro) spiciness

   Synonyms: anghang, hanghang

Derived terms

• halangan
• ihalang
• kahalang
• maghalang
• nakahalang
• pahalang

See also

• lambat

Adjective

haláng (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜅ᜔)

1. passing; transverse; traverse; extending across

   Synonyms: pahalang, nakahalang

2. merciless; savage; heartless

Noun

haláng (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜅ᜔) (art, obsolete)

1. woven fabric of different colors

Derived terms

• halang ang bituka
• halang ang kaluluwa

Further reading

• “halang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “halang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• hangal