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Ang

Ang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ang"

Tagalog

Proper noun

Ang

  1. A surname of Chinese origin.

See also

ang

ang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ang"

Translingual

Noun

ang (plural angs)

  1. Alternative form of ANG

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *anga, from Proto-Indo-European *h2(o)nǵh-o- 'narrow'. Cognate to Latin ango (to cramp (up), constrict), German eng (narrow)[1].

Noun

ang m (definite singular angu)

  1. nightmare
  2. incubus

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.79

Dimasa

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa.

Pronoun

áng

  1. I

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French angle. 

Noun

ang

  1. angle

Irish

Noun

ang f (genitive singular anga, nominative plural angaí)

  1. Alternative form of eang (track, trace; inset, gusset; angle, corner; piece, strip; notch; nick, groove; gap, interval)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ang n-ang hang t-ang
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


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

  • 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.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaŋ/

Article

ang

  1. 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.
  2. (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.
  3. 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
  4. 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.