lahng

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɐːŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɐːŋ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Micronesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

Noun

lahng (third-person singular langi)

1. sky; heaven
2. bad weather

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Oceanic *ʀaŋa

Proto-Micronesian *aŋa

Pohnpeian lahng

Inherited from Proto-Micronesian *aŋa. Cognate with Mokilese lehng (“clam species”).

Noun

lahng

1. (strictly) conch of the species Lambis lambis
2. (loosely) spider conch, any conch of the genus Lambis

References

• “lahng”, in New Pohnpeian-English Online Dictionary‎^[1], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi