amang

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmaŋ/ [ʔaˈmaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: a‧mang

Adjective

amáng (Badlit spelling ᜀᜋᜅ᜔)

1. mute

Verb

amáng (Badlit spelling ᜀᜋᜅ᜔)

1. to become mute

Conjugation

Conjugation for amang (ma- )

affix		ma-
root word		amang
trigger		actor
aspect
infinitive		maamang
past/present inchoative		naamang
future/habitual inchoative		maamang

Derived terms

• inamang

Chungli Ao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a˧.maŋ˧/, [a˧.maŋ˧]

Verb

amang

1. to believe, trust

Inflection

Inflection of amang (Chungli)

		Affirmative	Negative
Past	Simple	amang	mamang
	Perfect	amangogo	mamangogo
Present	Simple	amanger	mamanger
	Progressive	amangdar amangdagi	mamangdar mamangdagi
Future/infinitive		amangtsü	mamangtsü
Imperative		amangang	tamang
Present participle		amanga	mamangi
Conditional		amangra amangrabang	mamangra mamangrabang

Derived terms

• tamang

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 78
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 8
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 95

Hanunoo

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *amax

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amá-ŋ

Hanunoo amang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amá-ŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmaŋ/ [ʔɐˈmɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: a‧mang

Noun

amáng (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜥ᜴)

1. vocative of ama

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 27
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amá-ŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈamaŋ/ [ˈa.maŋ]
• Rhymes: -amaŋ
• Syllabification: a‧mang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay amang.

Verb

amang (active mengamang, passive diamang, imperative amang, emphatic-jussive amanglah)

1. to menace, to threaten

   Synonym: ancam

Derived terms

• amang-amang
• mengamang
• mengamang-amang
• mengamangi
• mengamangkan

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay amang.

Noun

amang (plural amang-amang)

1. (mining) culm, tailings, mullock (the waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining)

   Synonym: tahi bijih

Further reading

• “amang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amaŋ amaŋ (“dare to do something”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaŋ/
• Rhymes: -amaŋ, -maŋ, -aŋ

Noun

amang (plural amang-amang)

1. (archaic) defiance

Further reading

• Wilkinson, R. J. (1946), “amang”, in An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary, St. Martin's Street, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.

Old English

Etymology

Abbreviation of onġemang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.mɑnɡ/, [ˈɑ.mɑŋɡ]

Preposition

amang [with dative]

1. among
2. during, while

Descendants

• Middle English: among, amang, amonkes, omang, mang, mong
  • English: among
  • Geordie: amang
  • Scots: amang
  • Yola: amang, mang (aphetic)

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English among, from Old English onġemang.

Preposition

amang

1. among

References

• “amang”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Sundanese

Noun

amang (Sundanese spelling ᮃᮙᮃᮃᮔᮌ᮪)

1. uncle (younger brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

   Antonym: ua

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *amax

Tagalog ama

Tagalog -ng

Tagalog amang

From ama + -ng.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmaŋ/ [ʔɐˈmaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: a‧mang

Noun

amáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜅ᜔)

1. (endearing) term of address for a young boy: laddie; boy

   Synonyms: totoy, itoy, toto, utoy

   Coordinate terms: neneng, ineng, nene

2. (regional) term of address for an elderly man

   Synonyms: mama, manong, mang

   Coordinate term: aling

3. (regional) term of address for a father: dad; daddy; pops; Pa; paw; papa; poppa

   Synonyms: itay, tay, pa, tatang, tatay, papa

   Coordinate term: inang

Further reading

• “amang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “amang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Yola

Alternative forms

• mang (aphetic)

Etymology

From Middle English amang, mang, from Old English onġemang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmaŋ/, (aphetic) /maŋ/

Preposition

amang

1. among
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 56:

     Blessed yarth amang meyen.

     Blessed art thou amongst women.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:

     Aar was pizzeen, an beanès, an barich amang.

     There were pease and beans, and barley-mung.

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:

     Amang wefty jhemes, 'cha jeist ee-rid apan.

     Among cobwebby scraps, I have just alighted on.

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 22