galang

See also: Galang, ga lăng, and ga-lăng

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gálaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalaŋ/ [ˈɡa.l̪aŋ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧lang

Noun

gálang (Basahan spelling ᜄᜎᜅ᜔)

1. courtesy; reverence
2. honor

   Synonyms: onor, onra

3. respect

   Synonym: respeto

4. consideration

   Synonym: konsiderasiyon

Derived terms

• galangan
• kagalangan
• magalang
• maggalang

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalaŋ/ [ˈɡa.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: ga‧lang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay galang (“a bar or roller laid at wart the path; thwarting or crossing; crossbeam”).

Noun

galang (plural galang-galang)

1. girder, prop, support, transverse bar, underlayer

   Synonyms: kalang, penunjang, penyokong

Verb

galang

1. to impede; to bar, to barrier

   Synonyms: halang, rintang

Derived terms

• bergalang
• galang-gulung
• galangan
• menggalang
• menggalangi
• menggalangkan
• penggalang
• penggalangan
• tergalang

• galang batang leher
• galang dana (“to ask for donation”)
• galang kacapi
• galang kepala
• galang perahu

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese galĕṅ (“small dike enclosing irrigated fields”)

Root

galang

1. dike

Alternative forms

• galeng

Derived terms

• galangan

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦭꦁ (galang, “wooden framework, slipway, dock; to impound (wandering stock)”), from Old Javanese galaṅgaṅ (“sharpened bamboo pole”).

Noun

galang (plural galang-galang)

1. pile of unused wood

Verb

galang

1. to catch wild animals with sharpened sticks

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Malay (Jambi) [Term?].

Noun

galang (plural galang-galang)

1. wood that connects the poles in the box where the stove is placed

Further reading

• “galang”, 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

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gálaŋ. Cognate to Tagalog galang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaləŋ/ [ˈɡa.ləŋ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧lang

Noun

gálang

1. veneration; reverence (to God, one's parents, superiors, etc.)
2. respect

   Synonym: respetu

Verb

gálang

1. to honor; to respect

Derived terms

• magalang

Maguindanao

Noun

galang

1. copper

Maranao

Noun

galang

1. brass

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gálaŋ.

Noun

galang

1. respect

   Synonym: respeto

Derived terms

• magalang

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *gálaŋ. Compare Central Bikol galang and Kapampangan galang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalaŋ/ [ˈɡaː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: ga‧lang

Noun

galang (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜅ᜔)

1. respect; reverence

   Synonyms: respeto, pitagan, alang-alang, pakundangan, dangan

Derived terms

• bigay-galang
• gumalang
• igalang
• kagalang-galang
• kagalangan
• kawalang-galang
• magalang
• magbigay-galang
• magwalang-galang
• mawalang-galang
• paggalang
• pagkakagalang-galang
• pagkamagalang
• pagkawalang-galang
• pagwalang-galang
• walang-galang

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay gelang (“bracelet”), from Austroasiatic. Compare Ilocano galang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlaŋ/ [ɡɐˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ga‧lang

Noun

galáng (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜅ᜔)

1. bracelet

   Synonym: pulseras

2. fetter
3. manacle; handcuffs

   Synonym: posas

Derived terms

• galang-galangan
• galangan
• maggalang