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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.
Noun
mang
- (nonstandard) Alternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)
2014 April 11, Gary Smith, Hero Road, Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 46:"Chit, mang, you putos are a bunch of racists." Omar's classic Spanglish comeback made everyone break out in raucous laughter.
Etymology 2
From Middle English mang, mangis, imang, emang, variants of Middle English on mang, in mange, from Old English on ġemang. More at among.
Preposition
mang
- (Devon) Amid, amongst, among.
Etymology 3
From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.
Verb
mang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)
- (Devon) To mix.
It's all manged up together.
1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim and Nell, page 25:Hagegy Bess; wi' zich, I reckon,
Ha now delight'h vor mang.
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mang- (“to want, beg”). Compare Sanskrit mārg-, मार्ग् (“to seek, ask for”).
Verb
mang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)
- (slang, dated, rare, transative, intransitive) To beg; to beg for money.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
mang (uncountable)
- (Cape Afrikaans) prison, jail
Verb
mang (present mang, present participle mangende, past participle gemang)
- (Cape Afrikaans, intransitive) to be in prison, to do time
Albanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare Old Armenian մանր (manr, “small, thin”).[1]
Noun
mang m (definite mangu) (Buzuku)
- male
- Synonym: mashkull
References
- ^ The Indo-European Languages, 2015, page 499
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin mancus (“maimed, infirm”); doublet of mënk ‘one-armed’.
Noun
mang m (plural mangje, definite mangu, definite plural mangjet)
- animal young, cub
- urchin
Declension
Derived terms
Cimbrian
Verb
mang
- (Luserna, auxiliary) to be able to; can
References
German
Etymology
From northern Middle High German manc, inmanc and Middle Low German manc (“among”). Related with German mengen, English among.
Pronunciation
Preposition
mang
- (Northern Germany, colloquial, dated) among; amidst
Derived terms
Low German
Preposition
mang
- among, amongst
Dor sühst (du) mien Süster mang de Lüüd, de op Straat loopt.- There you see my sister among the people walking in the street.
- amidst
Inflection
Pronominal adverbs of mang
preposition
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mang
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postpositional adv.
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mang
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+ her (hither)
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-
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+ düt (this)
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hiermang
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+ dat (that)
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dormang
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+ wat (what)
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womang
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+ wat (something)
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enerwegens mang
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+ nix (nothing)
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nargens mang
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+ allens (everything)
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överall mang
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Adverb
mang
- among
Synonyms
Mandarin
Romanization
mang
- Nonstandard spelling of māng.
- Nonstandard spelling of máng.
- Nonstandard spelling of mǎng.
- Nonstandard spelling of màng.
Usage notes
- 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.
Mizo
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).
Noun
mang
- dream
References
- Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish mang, mangen, from Old Danish mang.
Pronoun
mang f or m (neuter mangt, plural mange)
- In theory the base form of mange (“many”). Only used in the phrases mang ei f, mang en m, and mangt et.
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Norwegian mangr, probably from East Norse.
Pronoun
mang f or m (neuter mangt, plural mange)
- In theory the base form of mange (“many”). Only used in the pronoun phrases mang ein m and mang ei f, and mangt eit n.
References
Old Norse
Etymology
From manga (“to barter”).
Noun
mang n
- barter, peddling
Declension
Declension of mang (strong a-stem)
References
- “mang”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Potawatomi
Noun
mang
- loon
Prasuni
Etymology
From Proto-Nuristani *mrāngī, alteration of Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maŋɡ/ (tone class A)
Noun
mang (Pronz)[1]
- female markhor
References
- ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “mâŋg”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon
Sundanese
Noun
mang
- uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)
Tagalog
Etymology
Clipping of mama + -ng.
Pronunciation
Noun
mang (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔) (colloquial)
- term of address for an elderly man
- Synonyms: manong, kuya
Further reading
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Cognate with Muong bang, Tho baːŋ¹.
Verb
mang • (芒, 忙, 恾, 𫼳, 茫)
- to carry
- mang đi ― to leave and take something along
- cà phê mang đi ― coffee to go; takeout/takeaway coffee
- to wear (footwear)
- Synonym: đi
- mang giày không tất ― to wear shoes without socks
- mang giày cao gót ― to wear high-heels
See also
- choàng (“to wear a cape or cloak”)
- đeo (“to wear an accessory or footwear”)
- đội (“to wear headgear”)
- khoác (“to wear over the shoulders”)
- mặc (“to wear a top or bottom”)
- quàng (“to wear a scarf”)
Verb
mang • (𦛿)
- to be pregnant
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *k-maːŋ; cognate with Muong mang and Chut kumaːŋ¹. Compare Bahnar kơmang (“gill”), Khmu maːŋ ("gill").
Noun
(classifier cái) mang • (芒)
- (anatomy) gills
- Synonym: go
- mang nòng nọc ― tadpole gills
- (of a cobra) hood
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Proto-Vietic *t-ɓaːŋ.
Noun
(classifier con) mang • (𤛘, 𤞽)
- muntjac
- Synonyms: hoẵng, kỉ, mễn
Etymology 4
Romanization
mang
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 忙
Derived terms
Yola
Preposition
mang
- Aphetic form of amang
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 14-15:Mang ourzels——var wee dwytheth an Irelonde az ure generale haime——- Unto ourselves——for we look on Ireland to be our common country——
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 114
Zhuang
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Chinese 猛 (MC maengX, “ferocious; violent; powerful”).
Adjective
mang (1957–1982 spelling maŋ)
- brave; bold.
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
mang (1957–1982 spelling maŋ)
- curse.