mang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mang"

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English

Pronunciation

• (without /æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋ/, [ˈmæŋ]

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (/æ/ raising)
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈmeɪ̯ŋ]; /ˈmɛ̃ŋ/, [ˈmɛ̃ŋ]
• Rhymes: -æŋ
• Hyphenation: mang
• Homophone: MAANG

Etymology 1

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.

Noun

mang

1. (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

1. (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)

1. (Devon) To mix.

   It's all manged up together.

   • 1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim and Nell‎^[3], page 25:

     Hagegy Bess; wi' zich, I reckon,
     Ha now delight'h vor mang.

Related terms

• ming

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mangel (“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)

1. (slang, dated, rare, ambitransitive) To beg; to beg for money.

Anagrams

• GNMA, Ngam, magn., G-man, AMGN

Achang

Etymology

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *maŋ² (“to be old”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m(r)aŋ (“to be old, elder”). Cognate to Lashi mang꞉ and more distantly Chinese 兄 (xiōng, “eldest brother”).

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /maŋ˧/
• (Lianghe) [mɑŋ³¹]
• (Longchuan) [muaŋ³¹]
• (Luxi) [maŋ⁵¹]
• (Xiandao) [mɔŋ³¹]

Verb

mang

1. to be an old person

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[4], Payap University, page 78

Afrikaans

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋ/

Noun

mang (uncountable)

1. (Cape Afrikaans) prison, jail

Verb

mang (present mang, present participle mangende, past participle gemang)

1. (Cape Afrikaans, intransitive) to be in prison, to do time

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanɡ/
• Rhymes: -anɡ

Etymology 1

Compare Old Armenian մանր (manr, “small, thin”).

Noun

mang m (definite mangu) (Buzuku)

1. male

   Synonym: mashkull

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mancus (“maimed, infirm”); doublet of mënk ‘one-armed’.

Noun

mang m (plural mangje, definite mangu, definite plural mangjet)

1. animal young, cub
2. urchin

Declension

Declension of mang

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mang	mangu	mangje	mangjet
accusative		mangun
dative	mangu	mangut	mangjeve	mangjeve
ablative			mangjesh

Alternative forms

• mag

Derived terms

• mangë
• mangët
• mangth, makth
• mangut

Cimbrian

Verb

mang

1. (Luserna, auxiliary) to be able to; can

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German manc, inmanc and Middle Low German manc (“among”). Related with German mengen, English among.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Preposition

mang [with dative]

1. (Northern Germany, colloquial, dated) among; amidst

Derived terms

• mittenmang (adverb; remains more common)

Guianese Creole

Etymology

From French mangue.

Noun

mang

1. mango (fruit)

References

• Barthelemi, Georges (1995), Dictionnaire pratique créole guyanais - français [Practical Guianese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Cayenne: Ibis Rouge Éditions, →ISBN, page 135

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• 'ng (contraction, informal, after words ending with vowel, usually in set phrases)

Etymology

From man +‎ ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ/ [ˈmaŋ]

Particle

mang

1. marks the topic of a sentence that indicates the situation is a typical or regular occurrence.

   Synonyms: ing, mong

   Yakumang munta. ― I'm going. (literally, “As for me too, going.”)

   Ngenimang marimla. ― Today is too cold. (literally, “On the usual topic of today, too cold.”)

Usage notes

• mang indicates that the final result is independent of the subject matter and remains unchanged by any topical shift. It also indicates a general situation.

  Aldomang masanting. ― The day is nice. ("The day remains consistently fine, mirroring yesterday's conditions”.)

• while mang and mong are nearly interchangeable, they possess a slight nuance; mong functions as an emphatic marker, confirming that a condition is precisely as stated.

  Aldomong masanting. ― The day is nice. ("The day is indeed consistently fine, mirroring yesterday's established conditions”.)

• ing indicates the result is topic-dependent or unique and subject to change if the focus shifts. It is also an article that can appear either before or after the initial word of a phrase.

  Aldo ing masanting. ― The day is nice. ("The day is uniquely pleasant, even if recent days were bad”.)

Related terms

• deng
• king
• ring
• yang

See also

Kapampangan markers

		direct	indirect	oblique
common	singular	ing	ning, -ng	king
	plural	ding/ring	ring	karing
personal	singular	i	-ng	kang
	plural / polite	di/ri	ri	kari

Kristang

Etymology

Inherited from Portuguese mão.

Noun

mang

1. hand

Low German

Alternative forms

• mank

Preposition

mang

1. 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.

2. amidst

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of mang

preposition	mang
postpositional adverb	mang
+ her (hither)	-
+ düt (this)	hiermang
+ dat (that)	dormang
+ wat (what)	womang
+ wat (something)	enerwegens mang
+ nix (nothing)	nargens mang
+ allens (everything)	överall mang

Adverb

mang

1. among

See also

• ünner
• twüschen

Mandarin

Romanization

mang

1. nonstandard spelling of māng
2. nonstandard spelling of máng
3. nonstandard spelling of mǎng
4. 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.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French mangue.

Noun

mang

1. mango (fruit)

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 214
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 672

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).

Noun

mang

1. 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)

1. In theory the base form of mange (“many”). Only used in the phrases mang ei f, mang en m, and mangt et.

References

• “mang en” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “mange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian mangr, probably from East Norse.

Pronoun

mang f or m (neuter mangt, plural mange)

1. 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

• “mang ein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “mange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From manga (“to barter”).

Noun

mang n

1. barter, peddling

Declension

Declension of mang (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mang	mangit	mǫng	mǫngin
accusative	mang	mangit	mǫng	mǫngin
dative	mangi	manginu	mǫngum	mǫngunum
genitive	mangs	mangsins	manga	manganna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “mang”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Potawatomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe maang, from Proto-Algonquian *mwa·kwa. Cognate to Cree ᒫᐧᑲᐧ (mwâkwa), Plains Cree ᒫᑿ (mâkwa), Naskapi ᒺᒄ (mwaakw), Northern East Cree and Southern East Cree ᐧᒫᒄ (ymaakw), Atikamekw mwakw, Montagnais muakᵘ, Menominee muak, and Fox and Miami maankwa. Doublet of mak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mank/ [maŋɡ]

Noun

mang anim (plural mangok, locative mangok, obviative mangon)

1. loon, especially common loon (Gavia immer)

Inflection

Declension of mang

	singular	plural
—	mang	mangok
locative	mangok	mangogok
diminutive	mangos	mangosêk
obviative	mangon

References

• “mang”, in Online Potawatomi Dictionary‎^[5], Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 2026
• “mang”, in Wiwkwébthëgen‎^[6], Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Government, 2026

Prasuni

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.

Noun

mang (Pronz)

1. female markhor

Réunion Creole French

Etymology

From French mangue.

Noun

mang

1. mango

References

• Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 218

Sundanese

Alternative forms

• emang
• mamang

Noun

mang (Sundanese spelling ᮙᮀ)

1. uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *mamah

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mama

Tagalog mama

Tagalog -ng

Tagalog mamangclip.

Tagalog mang

Clipping of mama +‎ -ng.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ/ [ˈmaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: mang
• Homophones: Mang, mang-

Noun

mang (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

1. term of address for an elderly man

   Synonyms: manong, kuya

Related terms

• Mang

Further reading

• “mang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maːŋ˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Etymology 1

Cognate with Muong bang, Tho [Cuối Chăm] baːŋ¹. Compare Sora paŋ.

Verb

mang • (芒, 忙, 恾, 𫼳, 茫)

1. to carry

   mang đi ― to leave and take something along

   cà phê mang đi ― coffee to go; takeout/takeaway coffee

2. 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”)

Adjective

mang • (𦛿)

1. (uncommon) pregnant

Derived terms

• bụng mang dạ chửa
• con dại cái mang
• cưu mang
• mang con bỏ chợ
• mang danh
• mang lại
• mang nặng đẻ đau
• mang tên
• mang tiếng
• mang vác
• tay xách nách mang
• tiền mất tật mang

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *k-maːŋ. Cognate with Muong mang and Chut [Rục] kumaːŋ¹. Compare Bahnar kơmang (“gill”), Khmu [Cuang] maːŋ ("gill").

Noun

mang • (芒) (classifier cái)

1. (anatomy) gill

   Synonym: go

   mang nòng nọc ― tadpole gills

2. (of a cobra) hood

Derived terms

• mang tai
• rắn hổ mang

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *t-ɓaːŋ.

Noun

mang • (𤛘, 𤞽) (classifier con)

1. muntjac

   Synonyms: hoẵng, kỉ, mễn

Etymology 4

Romanization

mang

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 忙

Derived terms

• đa mang (多忙)
• hoang mang (慌忙)

Yola

Preposition

mang

1. apheretic 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

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /maːŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: mang¹
• Hyphenation: mang

Etymology 1

From Chinese 猛 (MC maengX, “ferocious; violent; powerful”).

Adjective

mang (1957–1982 spelling maŋ)

1. brave; bold.

See also

• damzdingz
• lanh
• moegloet

Etymology 2

Noun

mang (1957–1982 spelling maŋ)

1. curse.