vang

== English == === Alternative forms === fank, fang === Etymology 1 === From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang. ==== Verb ==== vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged) (dialectal or obsolete) To take; undertake for. (dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to. === Etymology 2 === From Dutch vang, from vangen (“to catch”), under influence of earlier English fang. Ultimately a doublet of Etymology 1 above. ==== Noun ==== vang (plural vangs) (nautical) A line extended down from the end of a gaff to regulate its position. ===== Synonyms ===== fang (archaic) ===== Hyponyms ===== boom vang ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged) (sailing) To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line. === Anagrams === AVGN == Albanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Albanian *uang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- (“to be bent, curved”). Cognate to Lithuanian vi̇̀ngis (“bow, crooking”) and Old High German wankon (“to shake, totter, stagger”). See Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“meadow, pasture”) for more cognates. === Noun === vang m brim, rim, felloe ==== Derived terms ==== vëngëroj vëngër ==== Related terms ==== vëth == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish wang, from Old Norse vangr. === Noun === vang c (singular definite vangen, plural indefinite vange) (dated, poetic or solemn) a meadow; an uncultivated, grassy piece of land Coordinate term: vænge ==== Declension ==== === References === “vang” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɑŋ/ Hyphenation: vang Rhymes: -ɑŋ === Etymology 1 === From vangen. ==== Noun ==== vang f (plural vangen, no diminutive) the brake wheel of a windmill, a brake ===== Alternative forms ===== vange (archaic) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== vang inflection of vangen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German vangen or Swedish fånge. === Noun === vang (genitive vangi, partitive vangi) prisoner captive ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “vang”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014 “vang”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “vang”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN vang in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == Khumi Chin == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vã˧/ === Noun === vang village === References === K. E. Herr (2011), The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[1], Payap University, page 44 == Mizo == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɑːŋ/ === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Adjective ==== vang scarce rare === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Alternative forms ==== vàng ==== Noun ==== vang cause reason == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse vangr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋɑŋː/ === Noun === vang m (definite singular vangen, indefinite plural vangar, definite plural vangane) a meadow, grassy area, grassy plain === References === “vang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Noun === vang accusative singular of vangr == Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˧˧] ~ [jaːŋ˧˧] === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== vang • (㘇) to echo; to resound ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French vin. ==== Noun ==== vang (colloquial) short for rượu vang (“wine”) === Etymology 3 === From Austronesian; compare Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səpaŋ (whence Malay sepang). Cognates outside of Austronesian include: Muong Bi pang, Khmer ស្បែង (sbaeng), Chinese 蘇枋 / 苏枋 (sūfāng). ==== Noun ==== (classifier cây) vang • (榮, 𣞁, 㮠) sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)