amang

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Cebuano

Noun

amang

  1. a person who cannot speak

Adjective

amang

  1. mute

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amaŋ amaŋ (“dare to do something”).

Pronunciation

Noun

amang (plural amang-amang, informal 1st possessive amangku, 2nd possessive amangmu, 3rd possessive amangnya)

  1. (archaic) defiance

Further reading

  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Old English

Etymology

Abbreviation of onġemang

Pronunciation

Preposition

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amang

  1. among

Descendants

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English among, from Old English onġemang.

Preposition

amang

  1. among

Sundanese

Noun

amang

  1. uncle (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English amang, mang, from Old English onġemang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈmɔːn/, (aphetic) /mɔːn/

Preposition

amang

  1. among
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 56:
      Blessed yarth amang meyen.
      Blessed art thou amongst women.
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:
      Aar was pizzeen, an beanès, an barich amang.
      There were pease and beans, and barley-mung.
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
      Amang wefty jhemes, 'cha jeist ee-rid apan.
      Among cobwebby scraps, I have just alighted on.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 22
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