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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
sang
simple past of sing
Etymology 2
Noun
sang
Alternative form of sheng ( “ Chinese wind instrument ” )
See also
Anagrams
AGNs , Angs , ngas , snag , NSAG , GNAs , nags , ANGs , gans , GANs , SNAG
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan sang ~sanch , from Vulgar Latin sanguem , alteration of Classical Latin sanguinem , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én- , oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ ( “ blood ” ) . Its gender could also be masculine in Old Catalan, as it was in Latin. Compare Occitan sang , French sang .
Pronunciation
Noun
sang f (plural sangs )
blood
Derived terms
References
“sang” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sǫngr .
Pronunciation
Noun
sang c (singular definite sangen , plural indefinite sange )
song
singing
Inflection
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
sang
past of synge
Eastern Cham
Etymology
Cognate with Western Cham sang .
Pronunciation
Noun
sang
house , home
other small building
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sanguis .
Noun
sang m (plural sangs ) ( ORB, broad )
blood
References
sang in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
sang in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sanc , from Vulgar Latin sanguem , alteration of Latin sanguinem , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én- , oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ ( “ blood ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
sang m (plural sangs )
blood
Derived terms
Further reading
Friulian
sanc ( standard orthography )
Noun
sang m
Alternative form of sanc
German
Pronunciation
Verb
sang
past of singen
Jarai
Noun
sang (classifier bôh )
house
References
Siu, Lap Minh (2009 December) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai , Texas Tech University, page 106
Lombard
sangh ( historical orthographies )
sanch ( modern Eastern orthographies )
sangu ( outdated )
Etymology
From Latin sanguis . Cognate to Catalan sang , French sang , Italian sangue , Piedmontese sangh , Romanian sânge , Spanish sangre .
Pronunciation
Noun
sang m (invariable )
blood
Malay
Article
sang
( formal , poetic ) the (used in proper names )
Hikayat Sang Kancil
Tales of the Mousedeer
Synonyms
Mandarin
Romanization
sang
Nonstandard spelling of sāng .
Nonstandard spelling of sǎng .
Nonstandard spelling of sàng .
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.
Middle English
Noun
sang
Alternative form of song
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French sanc , from Vulgar Latin sanguem , alteration of Latin sanguinem , accusative of sanguis .
Noun
sang m (plural sangs )
blood
Descendants
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sanc , from Vulgar Latin sanguem , alteration of Latin sanguinem , accusative of sanguis .
Noun
sang m (uncountable )
( Jersey ) blood
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sǫngr ( “ song ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz ( “ singing, song ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *songʷʰos , derived from *singwaną ( “ to sing ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *séngʷʰ-e-ti , from *sengʷʰ- ( “ to recite, sing ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
sang m (definite singular sangen , indefinite plural sanger , definite plural sangene )
a song
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sang
past of synge
See also
References
“sang” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan , from Vulgar Latin sanguem , alteration of Latin sanguinem , accusative of sanguis .
Pronunciation
Noun
sang m or f (uncountable )
blood
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sangwaz . Cognate with Old High German sanc , Old Norse sǫngr .
Pronunciation
Noun
sang m (nominative plural sangas )
song
10th century , Exeter Book Riddle 24 :…Hwīlum iċ onhyrġe þone haswan earn, gūðfugles hlēoþor; hwīlum glidan reorde mūþe ġemǣne, hwīlum mǣwes song , þǣr iċ glado sitte. …Sometimes I imitate the grey eagle, a speech of war-bird; sometimes a kite's voice with common mouth, sometimes a gull's song when I sit gladful.
( Christianity ) liturgical service
Declension
Declension of sang (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Romagnol
Noun
sang m (plural sẽng )
Alternative form of sângv ( “ blood ” )
1920 , Olindo Guerrini , edited by Zanichelli, Sonetti romagnoli , published 1967 :Lí la guardè ch'un'i foss mai nissò E l'am stricchè un pó l'occ e la m'ha dett: «Va là t'si d'e' mi sang . T'an sì un coion.» (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Romansch
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin sanguem , alteration of Latin sanguinem , accusative of sanguis .
Noun
sang m
blood
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
sang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ )
Alternative form of tsang : spring onion
References
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860 ) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier: “Nardo. Sibuyas. pp. sang. pc. lasoná. pc. ”
Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives , Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers , 1626-1642 ; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum , Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press , 2018 , →ISBN
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium . Particularly: “Based on 𢀨 (巨 (MC gjoX ) + 郎 (MC lang )), the earlier form can be reconstructed as *k-raːŋ .”
Adjective
sang • (郎 , 𢀨 , , , 廊 , 朗 )
expensive , luxurious
15th century , Nguyễn Trãi , “Ngôn chí 言志 9”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集) :𢀨 共庫𪽝蒸𡗶 吝木爫之朱辱唏Sang cùng khó bởi chưng trời, Lặn mọc làm chi cho nhọc hơi. Wealth or poverty are both at heaven's whims; It is just wasting one's breath to try and alter it.
See also
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Verb
sang • (郎 , 𨖅 , 𨄂 )
to go over , to come over , to cross
to transfer
See also
Western Cham
Etymology
Cognate with Eastern Cham sang .
Pronunciation
Noun
sang
house , home
other small building
Yilan Creole
Etymology
From -ng ( “ irrealis negation suffix ” ) .
Suffix
sang
Irrealis negation suffix form attached to verbs or adjectives : to not be
asta walaxsang rasye ― I guess it will not rain tommorow
References
Chien Yuehchen, Shinji Sanada (2011 ) “台湾の宜蘭クレオールにおける否定辞―「ナイ」と「ン」の変容をめぐって― ”, in 言語研究 , number 140 , pages 73-87
Zhuang
Etymology
Cognate with Bouyei saangl .
Pronunciation
Adjective
sang (Sawndip forms 𮪼 or 桑 or 𫶐 or 𱅷 or 丧 or 𭫌 , 1957–1982 spelling saŋ )
tall
Antonym: daemq
high
Antonym: daemq