alang
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Preposition ===
alang
Pronunciation spelling of along.
=== Anagrams ===
Galan, Lagan, Ngala, lagan
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
Compare alang-alang, and Tagalog alang-alang (“regards”)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʔalaŋ/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐŋ]
Hyphenation: a‧lang
=== Preposition ===
álang (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)
(formal) for (the sake of)
Synonym: para
alang sa nasod ― for the country
alang sa Ginoo ― for God
==== Related terms ====
== Central Bikol ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔaˈlaŋ/ [ʔaˈl̪aŋ]
Hyphenation: a‧lang
=== Adjective ===
aláng (plural aralang, Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)
(Naga) dry; arid
Synonym: mara
Antonyms: basa, dumog
==== Derived terms ====
=== Noun ===
aláng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)
dried fish
Synonym: tuyo
== Chungli Ao ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Proto-Central Naga *laŋ.
==== Verb ====
alang
to cut
===== Inflection =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /a˥.laŋ˩/, [a˥.laŋ˩]
==== Verb ====
alang
to fall down, fall over
===== Inflection =====
=== Further reading ===
Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 98, 243
Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 12
Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, pages 108, 118
== Indonesian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈalaŋ/ [ˈa.laŋ]
Rhymes: -alaŋ
Syllabification: a‧lang
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Malay alang, from Classical Malay الڠ (alang), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (“obstruct, lie across or athwart”). Doublet of halang.
==== Noun ====
alang (plural alang-alang)
crossbeam, bar going across
room divider
Synonym: sekat
===== Derived terms =====
==== Adjective ====
alang (comparative lebih alang, superlative paling alang)
middle
Synonym: sedang
middle, moderate
Synonym: tengah
half-baked, incomplete
Synonyms: tanggung, setengah-setengah
===== Derived terms =====
==== Related terms ====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Minangkabau alang.
==== Noun ====
alang (plural alang-alang)
gift
Synonyms: hadiah, pemberian
=== Etymology 3 ===
Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].
==== Noun ====
alang (plural alang-alang)
long neck bottle
=== Etymology 4 ===
Borrowed from Sasak [Term?] and Sumbawa [Term?]. Cognate of Karao alang.
==== Noun ====
alang (plural alang-alang)
(dialect Sasak) granary
Synonym: lumbung
(dialect Sumbawa) an attic in a stilt house used for storing goods or harvested crops
=== Etymology 5 ===
Borrowed from Sumbawa [Term?].
==== Noun ====
alang (plural alang-alang)
unstitched woven fabric
=== Etymology 6 ===
Borrowed from Berau Malay [Term?].
==== Verb ====
alang
to hover by spreading wings while observing prey (eagle)
=== Further reading ===
“alang”, 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 ===
alang
romanization of ꦲꦭꦁ
== Karao ==
=== Noun ===
alang
rice granary
== Makasar ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈalaŋ/, [ˈã.lãŋ]
Hyphenation: a‧lang
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Arabic عَالَم (ʿālam, “world; universe”).
==== Noun ====
alang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒ or 𑻱𑻮, definite alanga, 3rd person possessive alanna)
the world; the universe; nature
Karaenna sikontu alanga ― Lord of the whole universe.
Bonena alanga ― The contents of the universe (everything in the world).
Alang lollong bonena ― The world and all its creatures.
Rangkaʼna alanga ― The whole universe.
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
alang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒ or 𑻱𑻮, definite alanga, 3rd person possessive alanna)
(historical) an ancient, valuable type of cloth or textile
===== Derived terms =====
=== Further reading ===
Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaŋ-alaŋ (“insufficient, half-heartedly”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈalaŋ/ [ˈʔa.laŋ]
Rhymes: -alaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ
Hyphenation: a‧lang
=== Noun ===
alang (plural alang-alang or alang2)
a form of address for the third child.
(colloquial) a form of address for a sibling that is neither the eldest nor the youngest.
=== Adjective ===
alang (comparative lebih alang, superlative paling alang)
medium; half-and-half
little (of account)
=== Further reading ===
"alang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Wilkinson, R. J. (1946), “alang”, in An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary, St. Martin's Street, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
== Northern Catanduanes Bikol ==
=== Adjective ===
aláng
early
== Scots ==
=== Preposition ===
alang
along
=== Adjective ===
alang (comparative further, superlative furthest)
along
== Veps ==
=== Etymology ===
From ala- + -ng.
=== Noun ===
alang
trough, hollow, depression
lowland
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “впадина, низина, понижение”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika