air tangan

== Malay == === Etymology === Compound of air (“water”) +‎ tangan (“hand”), literally “hand's water”. Comparable to Korean 손맛 (sonmat). === Pronunciation === (Literary Standard) IPA(key): /ˌair ˈtaŋan/ [ˌʔa.ir ˈt̪a.ŋan] (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˌae(r) ˈtaŋan/ [ˌʔa.e(r) ˈt̪a.ŋan] Rhymes: -aŋan, -ŋan, -an Hyphenation: a‧ir ta‧ngan === Noun === air tangan (uncountable) (idiomatic) cooking or dish made by somebody's hard work. ==== Usage notes ==== Unrelated to pam air tangan (“manual water pump”). === Further reading === Charmaine Pua (11 October 2023), “MAGGI Celebrates Malaysia Through the ‘Air Tangan’ of Malaysians”, in TallPiscesGirl‎[2] (overall work in English), archived from the original on 10 December 2023 Micaella Ilagan, “Air Tangan [Water from the Hand]”, in National University of Singapore‎[3] (overall work in English), archived from the original on 25 November 2025