abang
Berawan edit
Noun edit
abang
- window (opening for light and air)
Bikol Central edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Central Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ.
Noun edit
abáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
abáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)
Blagar edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abang
References edit
Brunei Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abang
- older brother
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧bang
Verb edit
abang
- to lease; to rent
- to hire a prostitute
Noun edit
abang
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abang.
Anagrams edit
Central Malay edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦁ (abang).
Adjective edit
abang
References edit
- "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Dupaningan Agta edit
Noun edit
abang
Hiligaynon edit
Noun edit
abáng
Verb edit
ábang
- to be within range of a fire
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Malay abang, from Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Old Malay habaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba + *-ŋ), *aba (“father”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abang (plural abang-abang, first-person possessive abangku, second-person possessive abangmu, third-person possessive abangnya)
- (literally or figuratively, chiefly Sumatra, West Kalimantan and Jakarta) elder brother
- (chiefly West Kalimantan, Sumatra) a form of address to the husband in a marriage or marital relationship
Usage notes edit
It's used to address an elder brother or cousin, a male friend (who is older than oneself is), a husband or boyfriend. Sometimes it's used before a name (Bang Samsul, etc). This address is used in the Malay influenced regions (Sumatra, West Kalimantan and Jakarta).
Synonyms edit
- (older brother): see Thesaurus:abang
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Javanese ꦲꦧꦁ (abang, “red”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
abang
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “abang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
abang
- Romanization of ꦲꦧꦁ
Karao edit
Noun edit
abang
Makasar edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨅ)
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Old Malay habaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba + *-ŋ), *aba (“father”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abang (Jawi spelling ابڠ, plural abang-abang, informal 1st possessive abangku, 2nd possessive abangmu, 3rd possessive abangnya)
- elder brother (male sibling).
- a form of address to a male that a little older than oneself, but sometimes also to an elder son.
- a form of address used by a wife to a husband.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges . In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
Sambali edit
Noun edit
abang
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Central Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ. Compare Aklanon abang, Balinese ambang, and Kambera amba.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈbaŋ/, [ʔɐˈbaŋ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aŋ
- Syllabification: a‧bang
Noun edit
abáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)
- watcher
- trap; snare (placed or set up strategically)
- act of waiting (for a person, an opportunity, etc.)
- act of setting up a trap or snare
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Yogad edit
Noun edit
abáng