anghang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hanghang

Etymology

Apheresis of /h/ from variant hanghang. Exact etymology is unknown but possibilities are:

• From Central Proto-Philippine *haŋhaŋ
• Reduplication of halang (“spiciness; pungence”) with elision of /l/.

Compare Pangasinan hanghang, Cebuano hang/halang, and Hiligaynon kahang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaŋˈhaŋ/, [ʔɐŋˈhaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ang‧hang

Noun

angháng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔)

1. spiciness; hotness of flavor; sharpness in taste or smell

   Synonyms: (of taste) hanghang, (of smell) sangsang, (dialectal) halang, (Bataan) paras, (obsolete) askad

   Ang anghang naman!

   So spicy!

   (literally, “[That's] really the spice!”)

2. pungency; piquancy

Derived terms

• anghangan
• kaanghangan
• maanghang

 

See also

• pahang

 

Further reading

• “anghang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*haŋhaŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary