anghang

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Etymology

Apheresis of /h/ from variant hanghang. Exact etymology is unknown but possibilities are:

Compare Pangasinan hanghang, Cebuano hang/halang, and Hiligaynon kahang.

Pronunciation

Noun

angháng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔)

  1. spiciness; hotness of flavor; sharpness in taste or smell
    Synonyms: (of taste) hanghang, (of smell) sangsang, (dialectal) halang, (Bataan) paras, (obsolete) askad
    Ang anghang naman!
    So spicy!
    (literally, “ really the spice!”)
  2. pungency; piquancy

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See also

Further reading

  • “anghang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*haŋhaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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