láng

Of debated origin:^[1]

1. Native word, an onomatopoeia.
2. From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lomɜ (“warmth, flame”) + -g (noun-forming suffix).

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• Rhymes: -aːŋɡ

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láng (plural lángok)

1. flame, flare (the visible part of fire)

   Holonym: tűz (“fire”)

• láng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-laŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lyaŋ.

• IPA^(key): /laŋ˥/,

láng

1. (intransitive) to wait

láng

1. if

   Nyang gyo láng ngo yi hga. ― If he allows it, I will go. (Quoting Luk, p. 100)

• Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 29
• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), pages 14, 174

• lang — nonstandard
• láŋ — very rare shorthand

láng (lang², Zhuyin ㄌㄤˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俍
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勆
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哫
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啵
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嫏
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廊
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 桹
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 榔
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樃
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欴
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 浪
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狼
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琅
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑯 / 琅
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硞
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 稂
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筤
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 義 / 义
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 羹
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艆
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莨
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓈
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓢
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜋
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螂
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踉
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 躴
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郎
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郞
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋃 / 锒
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎯 / 𨱍
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锒
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阃

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Probably related to sáng.

láng • (𣼽)

1. smooth; glossy

This word is rarely, if ever, used as a common noun in isolation in modern Vietnamese anymore. However, it is a common element in place names (Láng Tròn, Láng Dài, Láng Biển, Láng Thượng, etc.), especially in Southern Vietnam.

láng • (浪, 朗, 廊, 𣼽)

1. (now only in compounds) a neighborhood (residential area)

• láng giềng