ang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ang"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Possibly clipping of Anglo-Saxon (“Old English”).

Symbol

ang

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Old English.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Old English terms

Etymology 2

Noun

ang

1. (computing) Alternative letter-case form of ANG.

Albanian

Etymology

Dialectal. From Proto-Albanian *anga, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(o)nǵʰ- (“narrow”), Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to constrict”). Cognate to Latin ango (“to cramp (up), constrict”), German eng (“narrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋ(ɡ)/

Noun

ang m (definite angje, definite plural angu)

1. nightmare
2. incubus
3. (mythology) shapeless ghost who appears in dreams

Derived terms

• ankth
• angësht
• angërduf
• angari
• angullin

Related terms

• eng

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka.

Pronoun

ang

1. I

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaŋ/ [ʔaŋ]

Particle

ang (Basahan spelling ᜀᜅ᜔)

1. Alternative form of an

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *aŋ. Cognate with Tagalog ang, Bikol Central an, Hiligaynon ang, Waray-Waray an, Kapampangan ing, Tausug in. Compare archaic ing, now used in the form 'y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaŋ/ [ʔɐŋ]

Article

ang

1. direct marker for all nouns other than personal proper nouns

   Midagan ang lalaki.

   The man ran.

   Gikaon sa iring ang isda.

   The cat ate the fish.

See also

Cebuano markers

		Direct		Indirect		Oblique
		Definite	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite
Common	Singular	ang	ing†, 'y	sa, sang†	og	sa
	Plural	ang mga	ing mga†, 'y mga	sa mga, sang mga†	og mga	sa mga
Personal	Singular	si		ni		kang*
	Plural	sila ni, silang sa†		nila ni, nilang na†		(kan)ila ni*, (kan)ilang* ka†
†Archaic *Indirect personal forms used instead in colloquial speech.

Dimasa

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa.

Pronoun

áng

1. I

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French angle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ãɡ/, [ãŋ]

Noun

ang

1. angle

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of ang – see 翁 (“elderly man; father; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 翁).

Irish

Noun

ang f (genitive singular anga, nominative plural angaí)

1. Alternative form of eang (“track, gusset”)

Declension

Declension of ang (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ang angaí vocative a ang a angaí genitive anga angaí dative ang angaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ang na hangaí genitive na hanga na n-angaí dative leis an ang don ang leis na hangaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ang

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ang	n-ang	hang	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အင် (ang).

Noun

ang

1. water basin

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

Mandarin

Romanization

ang

1. Nonstandard spelling of āng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of áng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of àng.

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.

Minangkabau

Pronoun

ang

1. you, your, yours; Second-person singular pronoun (informal)

   Synonyms: angkau, awak, kau

Mokilese

Noun

ang (construct angen)

1. claw (of a lobster or crab)
2. tentacle
3. ray (of sunlight)

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːŋ/

Determiner

āng

1. Alternative form of ēnich

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Norse

Etymology

Unclear origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).

Noun

ang n

1. fragrance

Declension

  Declension of ang (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ang	angit	ǫng	ǫngin
accusative	ang	angit	ǫng	ǫngin
dative	angi	anginu	ǫngum	ǫngunum
genitive	angs	angsins	anga	anganna

Related terms

• anga
• angi

References

• “ang”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• 'ng — contraction, informal, after words ending with vowel, usually in set phrases

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *aŋ. Cognate with Bikol Central an, Cebuano ang, Hiligaynon ang, Waray-Waray an. See also Kapampangan ing and Tausug in.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaŋ/ [ʔɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ang
• Homophone: Ang

Article

ang (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔)

1. direct marker for all nouns other than personal proper nouns

   Tumakbo ang lalaki.

   The man ran.

   Kinain ng pusa ang isda.

   The cat ate the fish.

   Ang kidlat ay gumuguhit ng mga ugat sa taniman ng langit.

   (The) lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky.

2. used with a quality for emphasis and to give it an adjectival meaning

   Synonyms: (Rizal) bang, (Cavite) dang, (Nueva Ecija) budang

   Ang ganda! ― How pretty! (literally, “The beauty!”)

   Ang tapang! ― How audacious! (literally, “The audacity!”)

Usage notes

• This particle is analyzed as the definite article (i.e., the) when used alone, and the indefinite article (i.e., a or an) when used with the numeral isa (“one”).

  ang araw ― the sun

  ang isang tao ― a person

• Direct personal proper nouns (primarily names) are marked with si.

See also

Tagalog markers

		Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)
Common	Singular	ang	ng	sa
	Plural	ang mga	ng mga	sa mga
Personal	Singular	si	ni	kay
	Plural / Polite	sina	nina	kina

Further reading

• “ang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “ang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 18
• Robert Blust (2012) “The Proto—Malayo-Polynesian Multiplicative Ligature *ŋa: A Reply to Reid”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎^[3], volume 51, number 2, →ISSN, pages 538–566

Anagrams

• nag-, nga, Gan

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˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaːŋ˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Noun

(classifier cái) ang • (盎, 𤮃, 坱, 央, 垵)

1. (Northern Vietnam) a kind of water container
2. (historical) a traditional instrument made from wood or bamboo, used to measure grain