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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *alaŋ-an, from Proto-Philippine *alaŋ (“doubt, hesitation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔalaˈŋan/
- Hyphenation: a‧la‧ngan
Adjective
alangán (intensified alanganon, Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅᜈ᜔)
- awkward; out of place
- hesitant, faltering, unsure of one's self
- Synonym: pakipot
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *alaŋ-án (“to hesitate; to doubt”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
alangán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜅᜈ᜔)
- hesitant; uncertain; reluctant
- improper; unworthy; unbecoming
- insufficient; lacking
- perplexed
Derived terms
Adverb
alangán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜅᜈ᜔) (colloquial)
- indicates a rhetorical statement: surely it doesn't mean that...
Alangan na ako pa gagawa ng mga asaynment mo.- Obviously, I wouldn't be doing your homework for you.
Interjection
alangán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜅᜈ᜔) (colloquial, chiefly sarcastic)
- of course! obviously!
- Synonyms: malamang, natural, paano
Noun
alangán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜅᜈ᜔) (dialectal, Quezon)
- coconut between its young and mature stages
- Synonym: alanganin
Further reading
- “alangan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “alangan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*alaŋ-án”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI