alamang

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧la‧mang

Noun

alamang

1. a preparation of fermented shrimp paste

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Philippine *ajamaŋ (“tiny shrimp”). Compare Ilocano aramang and Pangasinan agamang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalaˈmaŋ/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈmaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: a‧la‧mang

Noun

alamáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋᜅ᜔)

1. any of a number of species of small shrimp in the genus Acetes (used in bagoong production)

   Synonym: (Marinduque) balaw

2. (figurative) insignificant person or thing; small fry

Derived terms

• buhay-alamang

Further reading

• “alamang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 9