mangga

Asi

Etymology

From Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), from മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”), or from another Dravidian source.

Noun

mangga

1. mango

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), from മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”), or from another Dravidian source.

Noun

mangga

1. mango

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋɡa/
• Hyphenation: mang‧ga

Etymology 1

From Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”).

Noun

mangga

1. mango (fruit)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mangga

1. padlock (type of lock)

Cebuano

Etymology

From Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), from മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”), or from another Dravidian source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡa/ [ˈmaŋ.ɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: mang‧ga

Noun

mangga (Badlit spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. mango

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), from മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”), or from another Dravidian source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡa/ [ˈmaŋ.ɡa], /maŋˈɡa/ [maŋˈɡa]
• Hyphenation: mang‧ga

Noun

mángga or manggá (Basahan spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. mango

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hiligaynon mangga (“mango”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mang‧ga

Noun

mangga

1. mango

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), from മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”), or from another Dravidian source.

Noun

mángga

1. mango (fruit)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish manga.

Noun

mángga

1. sleeve

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mangga, from colloquial Tamil மாங்கா (māṅkā), from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy, “unripe mango fruit”), or perhaps from another Dravidian language.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡa/ [ˈmaŋ.ɡa]

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: mang‧ga

Noun

mangga (plural mangga-mangga)

1. mango (fruit)

   Synonyms: mempelam, pauh, pelam

Further reading

• “mangga”, 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

mangga

1. romanization of ꦩꦁꦒ

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mangga, from a Dravidian source, possibly Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), or Telugu మామిడికాయ (māmiḍikāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡa/ [ˈmʌŋ.ɡʌ]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: mang‧ga

Noun

mángga

1. mango

   Synonym: kepan

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms and variants of mangga
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Group	Province	Municipality	Part of municipality	Barangay	Terms	Words
Northern / Applai	Mountain Province	Sagada	Pidlisan / Dapliyan (north)	Aguid		mangkha
				Pide		mangkha
				Fidelisan		mangkha
				Bangaan		mangkha
				Madungo		mangkha
				Tanulong		mangkha
Southern / Central	Mountain Province	Tadian	Zone 3 / Sunny Side	Banaao		mangga
				Cadad-anan		mangga
				Cagubatan		mangga
				Dacudac		mangga
				Lenga		mangga
				Pandayan		mangga

References

• Allen, Larry (2021), “mángga”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Wallace, Judy (2018), “mangga”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Malay

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡə/ [ˈmaŋ.ɡə]
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡə, -ə

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋɡa/ [ˈmaŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡa, -a
• Hyphenation: mang‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), from மா (mā, “mango”) +‎ காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit, vegetable”), cognate with Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), Telugu మామిడికాయ (māmiḍikāya).

Noun

mangga (Jawi spelling مڠݢ, plural mangga-mangga or mangga²)

1. mango (fruit)

   Synonyms: mempelam / pelam, pauh

Descendants

• > Indonesian: mangga (inherited)
• → Asi: mangga
• → Central Bikol: mangga
• → Brooke's Point Palawano: mangga
• → Cebuano: mangga
• → Central Dusun: mangga
• → Chinese: 芒果 (mángguǒ) (or from another Southeast Asian language)
  • ⇒ Zhuang: makmanghgoj
• → Hiligaynon: mangga
• → Javanese: ꦩꦔ꧀ꦒ (mangga)
• → Portuguese: manga
  • → Araweté: mãka
  • → English: mango, manga (obsolete) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Galician: manga
  • → Guajajára: màg
  • → Hunsrik: Manga
  • → Middle French: manga
    • French: mangue
  • → Nheengatu: manga
  • → Spanish: manga
• → Tagalog: mangga
• → Tausug: mangga
• → Tiruray: mangga
• → Yakan: mangga

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mangga (Jawi spelling مڠݢ, plural mangga-mangga or mangga²)

1. padlock (type of lock)

   Synonyms: ibu kunci, pedal ayam

Derived terms

Affixations

• bermangga (“to be locked by a padlock”)
• memangga (“to lock”)

Further reading

• "mangga" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Sundanese

Etymology

Either:

• Clipping of sumangga, or
• Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦁꦒ (mangga).

Adverb

mangga (Sundanese script ᮙᮀᮌ)

1. (used when offering something or permissions) please (go ahead); help yourself; certainly you may; here you are
2. used as an affirmative to an offer; yes

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maŋˈɡa/ [mɐŋˈɡ̠a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: mang‧ga

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *māmder.

Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy)bor.

Malay manggabor.

Tagalog mangga

Borrowed from Malay mangga, borrowed from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), from Proto-Dravidian *mām.

Noun

manggá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. mango (tree and fruit)

Derived terms

• manggahan
• manggang kalabaw
• tagmangga

See also

• kinalabaw
• paho
• pahuhutan
• pawpawan
• piko

Etymology 2

Clipping of manggagamit (“user”).

Noun

manggá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄ) (slang, derogatory)

1. user; exploiter; abuser

   Synonym: manggagamit

Further reading

• “mangga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), from മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”), or from another Dravidian source.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /maŋɡa/ [mãŋˈɡɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: mang‧ga

Noun

mangga (Sulat Sūg spelling مَڠْݢَ)

1. mango (fruit)

   Synonym: mampallam

Tiruray

Etymology

From Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), from മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”), or from another Dravidian source.

Noun

mangga

1. mango (fruit)

Yakan

Etymology

From Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), from മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”), or from another Dravidian source.

Noun

mangga

1. mango

Yogad

Etymology

From Malay mangga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), from മാവ് (māvŭ, “mango species”) + കായ (kāya, “unripe fruit”), or from another Dravidian source.

Noun

manggá

1. mango