abang-abang

Hanunoo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabaŋˈʔabaŋ/ [ʔa.bɐŋˈʔa.bɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -abaŋ
• Syllabification: a‧bang-a‧bang

Noun

abang-abang (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜥ᜴ᜠᜪᜥ᜴) (botany)

1. midnight horror (Oroxylum indicum, a tree where its leaves are used as a plaster in treating boils and other swollen body parts)

Etymology 2

Reduplication of abang (“leaving behind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabaŋʔaˈbaŋ/ [ʔa.bɐŋ.ʔaˈbɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: a‧bang-a‧bang

Interjection

abang-abáng (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜥ᜴ᜠᜪᜥ᜴)

1. lucky word said at parting believed to ward off sickness or other misfortune

Usage notes

• When one takes leave of another, the former says mag-arabangan kita, to which the latter answers, abang-abang.

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 18

Hiligaynon

Verb

abáng-ábang

1. to help or assist

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Noun

abang-abang

1. plural of abang

Tagalog

abang-abang (def. 1)

Alternative forms

• abong-abong
• abangabang — rash

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʔabaŋ ˈʔabaŋ/ [ˌʔaː.bɐŋ ˈʔaː.bɐŋ], /ʔaˌbaŋ ʔaˈbaŋ/ [ʔɐˌbaŋ ʔɐˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -abaŋ, -aŋ
• Syllabification: a‧bang-a‧bang

Noun

abang-abang or abáng-abáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)

1. West indian holly (Leea guineensis)

   Synonyms: kaliyantan, mali-mali

2. midnight horror (Oroxylum indicum)

   Synonyms: abong-abong, pingka-pingkahan, balilang-uwak

3. (dermatology, medicine) rash; skin eruptions

See also

• bungang-araw
• butlig
• kulebrang-tubig
• mamaso

 

Further reading

• “abang-abang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018