ang
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ang"
Translingual
Albanian
Etymology
Dialectal. From Proto-Albanian *anga, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(o)nǵʰ- (“narrow”), Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to constrict”). Cognate to Latin Latin ango (“to cramp (up), constrict”), German German eng (“narrow”).[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋ(ɡ)/
Related terms
References
- Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.79
Irish
Noun
ang f (genitive singular anga, nominative plural angaí)
- Alternative form of eang (“track, trace; inset, gusset; angle, corner; piece, strip; notch; nick, groove; gap, interval”)
Declension
Declension of ang
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ang | n-ang | hang | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Mandarin
Romanization
ang
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of ang – see 翁 (“husband; etc.”). (This character, ang, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 翁.) |
Old Norse
Declension
References
- ang in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaŋ/
- Rhymes: -aŋ
Article
ang
- the
- Ang kidlat ay pinatamaan ang sarili nito sa ugat ng lungsod, na nagpabaha sa at pumatay sa buhay-lakas nito.
- The lightning zapped itself through the city's veins, flooding the circuitry and pulling the plug of its life force.
- (with a numeral) a, an
- Ang isang tama ng kidlat ay nagdadala ng current na 40 kA.
- A lightning strike brings a current of 40 kA.
- subject marker for uncountable nouns
- Ang kidlat ay gumuguhit ng mga ugat sa taniman ng langit.
- Lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky. — specificity of taniman and langit assumed
The lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky. — ang kidlat is definite
- Lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky. — specificity of taniman and langit assumed
- used with a quality for emphasis and to give it an adjectival meaning
- Ang ganda! ― How pretty! (literally, “The beauty!”)
Usage notes
The article may mark both definite and indefinite, and may be understood as either based from context. It is omitted if subject is dependent, and may be replaced by ng.
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (central Vietnam, southern Vietnam) ảng
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 盎 (SV: áng).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaːŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔaːŋ˧˧]
Noun
(classifier cái) ang (盎, 𤮃, 坱, 央, 垵)
- (Northern Vietnam) a kind of water container
- (historical) a traditional instrument made from wood or bamboo, used to measure grain
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse ǫngr, from Proto-Germanic *anguz.
Derived terms
- angbett
- ang å swang
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