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

    amang

    1. among

    Descendants

    Scots

    Etymology

    From Middle English among, from Old English onġemang.

    Preposition

    amang

    1. among

    References

    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): /əˈmɑŋ/, (aphetic) /mɑŋ/

    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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