ang

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

ang

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

• Wiktionary's coverage of Old English terms

ang

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

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”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /aŋ(ɡ)/

ang m (definite angje, definite plural angu)

1. nightmare
2. incubus
3. (mythology) shapeless ghost who appears in dreams ^{[2] [3]}

• ankth
• angësht
• angërduf
• angari
• angullin

• eng

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka.

ang

1. I

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

• IPA^(key): /ʔaŋ/

ang (Basahan spelling ᜀᜅ᜔)

1. Alternative form of an

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.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaŋ/

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.

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa.

áng

1. I

From French angle.

• IPA^(key): /ãɡ/,

ang

1. angle

ang f (genitive singular anga, nominative plural angaí)

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

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

Borrowed from Burmese အင် (ang).

ang

1. water basin

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

ang

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

• 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.

ang

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

   Synonyms: angkau, awak, kau

ang (construct angen)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːŋ/

āng

1. Alternative form of ēnich

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

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

ang n

1. fragrance

• anga
• angi

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

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

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

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

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!”)

• 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.

• “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, volume 51, number 2, →ISSN, pages 538–566

• nag-, nga, Gan

• (central Vietnam, southern Vietnam) ảng

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 盎 (SV: áng).

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(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