kang

See also: Kang, káng, kàng, kāng, kǎng, and k'ang

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chinese 炕.

Noun

kang (plural kangs)

1. A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
   • 1958, 29:45 from the start, in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness‎^[1], →OCLC:

     Why is it built this way?
     Oh, it's a kang. It's heated from underneath, like an oven.
     Kang? What is a kang for?
     A community bed. You'll find them in every inn in north China. We've got lots of rooms, but when winter comes, this is the bed everybody'll be in.
     You mean togther?
     Thirty, forty, fifty at a time. All fully-clothed and ignoring each other. It gets cold here you'll find out.

2. A large Chinese water jar.

Etymology 2

Noun

kang (plural kangs)

1. (informal) Clipping of kangaroo.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kang (third-person singular simple present kangs, present participle kanging, simple past and past participle kanged)

1. (Android programming, slang) To appropriate someone else's work.

Etymology 4

Noun

kang (plural kangs or kangz)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (humorous) Pronunciation spelling of king.

Anagrams

• gank, knag

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *kaːŋ. Cognate with Jeh kaːŋ ("jaw"), Cua kaːk ("chin"), Arem kæːŋʔ ("mouth"). Possibly related to the word reconstructed as Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaaŋ (“to open”) by Shorto (2006).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːŋ/

Noun

kang 

1. (anatomy) chin

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋ/, [ˈkaŋ]

Preposition

kang (Basahan spelling ᜃᜅ᜔)

1. Alternative form of kan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋ/, [ˈkaŋ]

Preposition

kang (Badlit spelling ᜃᜅ᜔)

1. Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns

   Para kang Tatay kining kamisina.

   This shirt is for Dad.

Javanese

Determiner

kang

1. Clipping of ingkang.

Pronoun

kang

1. Clipping of ingkang.

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ကင်း (kang:).

Noun

kang

1. customs

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Kapampangan

Etymology

Contraction of ka +‎ ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋ/, [ˈkäŋ]

Preposition

kang

1. used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns

   Bulaklak kang inda.

   Flowers for mom.

Malay

Etymology

Variant of kakak.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kang

1. older sister
2. older sibling (rare)
3. older brother (rare)

Synonyms

• kakak

Mandarin

Romanization

kang

1. Nonstandard spelling of kāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of káng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of kàng.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mokilese

Verb

kang

1. (transitive, intransitive) to eat

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 摃／𫼱 (kàng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋ/, [ˈkaŋ]

Noun

kang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜅ᜔)

1. (mahjong) a set of four identical tiles