upang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• opan, opang — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• upan

Etymology

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Tagalog upan

Tagalog -ng

Tagalog -g

Tagalog upang

From earlier upan +‎ -g. See also Sanskrit उप (upa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔupaŋ/ [ˈʔuː.pɐŋ]

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    • Rhymes: -upaŋ
  • IPA^(key): /ʔuˈpaŋ/ [ʔʊˈpaŋ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: u‧pang

Conjunction

upang (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜅ᜔)

1. so that; in order that

   Synonyms: para, nang, nang sa gayo'y, upandin

   Tumakbo ako upang makaabot sa kanila.

   I ran in order to catch up with them.

See also

• apan

Further reading

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 300
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 492: “Poruentura) Opan (pc)”

Anagrams

• punga