ammang

== Chungli Ao == === Etymology === From Proto-Central Naga *a-ma(ŋ). === Noun === ammang darkness ==== Usage notes ==== Bruhn defines this word as a verb (which its Mongsen counterpart is) but in Chungli it is generally attested as a noun. The standard Biblical spelling distinguishes by spelling ammang "night" and amang (“to believe”). The doubling of m has no phonetic significance. === Further reading === Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 78, 241 Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 17 == Makasar == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈammaŋ/, [ˈãm.mãŋ] Hyphenation: am‧mang === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== ammang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨆ or 𑻱𑻥, semi-transitive anngammang, passive niammang) (transitive) to suck or hold something (e.g., candy) inside the mouth (transitive) to bite or clamp something with tightly closed lips (e.g., holding a pencil with the lips) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Arabic عُمُوم (ʕumūm). ==== Adjective ==== ammang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨆ or 𑻱𑻥) general; common; public customary; usual ===== Derived terms ===== siammang (“entire, whole”)