alang

See also: alaŋ

English

Preposition

alang

1. 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)

1. (formal) for (the sake of)

   Synonym: para

   alang sa nasod ― for the country

   alang sa Ginoo ― for God

Related terms

• alang-alang
• alangan
• alanganin
• ang-ang

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlaŋ/ [ʔaˈl̪aŋ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: a‧lang

Adjective

aláng (plural aralang, Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

1. (Naga) dry; arid

   Synonym: mara

   Antonyms: basa, dumog

Derived terms

• maalang
• mag-alang
• makaalang
• paalang
• pag-alang
• pagkaalang
• tag-alang

Noun

aláng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

1. dried fish

   Synonym: tuyo

Chungli Ao

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Naga *laŋ.

Verb

alang

1. to cut

Inflection

Inflection of alang (Chungli)

		Affirmative	Negative
Past	Simple	alang	malang
	Perfect	alangogo	malangogo
Present	Simple	alanger	malanger
	Progressive	alangdar alangdagi	malangdar malangdagi
Future/infinitive		alangtsü	malangtsü
Imperative		alangang	talang
Present participle		alanga	malangi
Conditional		alangra alangrabang	malangra malangrabang

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a˥.laŋ˩/, [a˥.laŋ˩]

Verb

alang

1. to fall down, fall over

   ali nung alang

   fell to the ground

Inflection

Inflection of alang (Chungli)

		Affirmative	Negative
Past	Simple	alang	malang
	Perfect	alangogo	malangogo
Present	Simple	alanger	malanger
	Progressive	alangdar alangdagi	malangdar malangdagi
Future/infinitive		alangtsü	malangtsü
Imperative		alangang	talang
Present participle		alanga	malangi
Conditional		alangra alangrabang	malangra malangrabang

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)

1. crossbeam, bar going across
2. room divider

   Synonym: sekat

Derived terms

• alangan
• beralang
• beralangan
• mengalang
• mengalang-alangi
• mengalangi
• mengalangkan
• pengalang
• teralang
• teralang-alang

Adjective

alang (comparative lebih alang, superlative paling alang)

1. middle

   Synonym: sedang

2. middle, moderate

   Synonym: tengah

3. half-baked, incomplete

   Synonyms: tanggung, setengah-setengah

Derived terms

• alang hari
• alang kepalang
• alang-alangan

Related terms

• halang
• palang

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau alang.

Noun

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. gift

   Synonyms: hadiah, pemberian

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].

Noun

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. long neck bottle

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Sasak [Term?] and Sumbawa [Term?]. Cognate of Karao alang.

Noun

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. (dialect Sasak) granary

   Synonym: lumbung

2. (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)

1. unstitched woven fabric

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Berau Malay [Term?].

Verb

alang

1. 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

1. romanization of ꦲꦭꦁ

Karao

Noun

alang

1. 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)

1. 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

affixations

• sialang

Etymology 2

Noun

alang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒ or 𑻱𑻮, definite alanga, 3rd person possessive alanna)

1. (historical) an ancient, valuable type of cloth or textile

   Tumaʼlipaʼ alanngaseng

   All wearing alang sarongs (note the nasal assimilation of the velar ng to the alveolar n before the enclitic -ngaseng).

   Attannung-tojenjaʼ anne alang ritannga ballakku anjaiʼ-tojenjaʼ anne songkeʼ ripaʼdaserangku

   I am truly weaving alang cloth in the middle of my house, and I am truly embroidering songket cloth in my room.

Derived terms

compounds

• alang rante
• alang talappoʼ
• suʼlaʼ alang

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)

1. a form of address for the third child.
2. (colloquial) a form of address for a sibling that is neither the eldest nor the youngest.

Adjective

alang (comparative lebih alang, superlative paling alang)

1. medium; half-and-half
2. 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
  (also see "alang" at PRPM first version)
• Wilkinson, R. J. (1946), “alang”, in An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary, St. Martin's Street, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.

Northern Catanduanes Bikol

Adjective

aláng

1. early

Scots

Preposition

alang

1. along

Adjective

alang (comparative further, superlative furthest)

1. along

Veps

Etymology

From ala- +‎ -ng.

Noun

alang

1. trough, hollow, depression
2. lowland

Inflection

Inflection of alang (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	alang
genitive sing.	alangon
partitive sing.	alangod
partitive plur.	alangoid
	singular	plural
nominative	alang	alangod
accusative	alangon	alangod
genitive	alangon	alangoiden
partitive	alangod	alangoid
essive-instructive	alangon	alangoin
translative	alangoks	alangoikš
inessive	alangos	alangoiš
elative	alangospäi	alangoišpäi
illative	alangoho	alangoihe
adessive	alangol	alangoil
ablative	alangolpäi	alangoilpäi
allative	alangole	alangoile
abessive	alangota	alangoita
comitative	alangonke	alangoidenke
prolative	alangodme	alangoidme
approximative I	alangonno	alangoidenno
approximative II	alangonnoks	alangoidennoks
egressive	alangonnopäi	alangoidennopäi
terminative I	alangohosai	alangoihesai
terminative II	alangolesai	alangoilesai
terminative III	alangossai	—
additive I	alangohopäi	alangoihepäi
additive II	alangolepäi	alangoilepäi

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