alang

See also: alaŋ

English

Preposition

alang

1. Pronunciation spelling of along.

Anagrams

• Galan, Lagan, Ngala, lagan

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlaŋ/ [ʔaˈl̪aŋ]

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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

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

 

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalaŋ]
• Hyphenation: alang

Etymology 1

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, first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

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

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

From Minangkabau alang.

Noun

alang (first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

1. gift.

   Synonyms: hadiah, pemberian

Etymology 3

From Acehnese [Term?].

Noun

alang (first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

1. long neck bottle.

Etymology 4

From Sasak [Term?]. Cognate of Karao alang.

Noun

alang (first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

1. granary.

Further reading

• “alang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Karao

Noun

alang

1. rice granary

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaŋ-alaŋ (“insufficient, half-heartedly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaŋ/
• Rhymes: -alaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ

Noun

alang (plural alang-alang, informal 1st possessive alangku, 2nd possessive alangmu, 3rd possessive alangnya)

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

Adjective

alang

1. medium; half-and-half
2. little (of account)

Further reading

• “alang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

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]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika