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alang

1. Pronunciation spelling of along.

• Galan, Lagan, Ngala, lagan

Compare alang-alang, and Tagalog alang-alang (“regards”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalaŋ/ [ˈʔa.l̪ɐŋ]
• Hyphenation: a‧lang

álang (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

1. (formal) for (the sake of)

   Synonym: para

   alang sa nasod ― for the country

   alang sa Ginoo ― for God

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlaŋ/ [ʔaˈl̪aŋ]

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• Hyphenation: a‧lang

aláng (plural aralang, Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

1. (Naga) dry; arid

   Synonym: mara

   Antonyms: basa, dumog

aláng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

1. dried fish

   Synonym: tuyo

From Proto-Central Naga *laŋ.

alang

1. to cut

• IPA^(key): /a˥.laŋ˩/, [a˥.laŋ˩]

alang

1. to fall down, fall over

   ali nung alang

   fell to the ground

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 98, 243
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 12
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, pages 108, 118

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈalaŋ/ [ˈa.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: a‧lang

Inherited from Malay alang, from Classical Malay الڠ (alang), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (“obstruct, lie across or athwart”). Doublet of halang.

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. crossbeam, bar going across
2. room divider

   Synonym: sekat

alang (comparative lebih alang, superlative paling alang)

1. middle

   Synonym: sedang

2. middle, moderate

   Synonym: tengah

3. half-baked, incomplete

   Synonyms: tanggung, setengah-setengah

Borrowed from Minangkabau alang.

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. gift

   Synonyms: hadiah, pemberian

Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. long neck bottle

Borrowed from Sasak [Term?] and Sumbawa [Term?]. Cognate of Karao alang.

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. (dialect Sasak) granary

   Synonym: lumbung

2. (dialect Sumbawa) an attic in a stilt house used for storing goods or harvested crops

Borrowed from Sumbawa [Term?].

alang (plural alang-alang)

1. unstitched woven fabric

Borrowed from Berau Malay [Term?].

alang

1. to hover by spreading wings while observing prey (eagle)

• “alang”, 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

alang

1. romanization of ꦲꦭꦁ

alang

1. rice granary

• IPA^(key): /ˈalaŋ/, [ˈã.lãŋ]
• Hyphenation: a‧lang

Borrowed from Arabic عَالَم (ʿālam, “world; universe”).

alang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒ or 𑻱𑻮, definite alanga, 3rd person possessive alanna)

1. the world; the universe; nature

   Karaenna sikontu alanga ― Lord of the whole universe.

   Bonena alanga ― The contents of the universe (everything in the world).

   Alang lollong bonena ― The world and all its creatures.

   Rangkaʼna alanga ― The whole universe.

alang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒ or 𑻱𑻮, definite alanga, 3rd person possessive alanna)

1. (historical) an ancient, valuable type of cloth or textile

   Tumaʼlipaʼ alanngaseng

   All wearing alang sarongs (note the nasal assimilation of the velar ng to the alveolar n before the enclitic -ngaseng).

   Attannung-tojenjaʼ anne alang ritannga ballakku anjaiʼ-tojenjaʼ anne songkeʼ ripaʼdaserangku

   I am truly weaving alang cloth in the middle of my house, and I am truly embroidering songket cloth in my room.

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaŋ-alaŋ (“insufficient, half-heartedly”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈalaŋ/ [ˈʔa.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧lang

alang (plural alang-alang or alang²)

1. a form of address for the third child.
2. (colloquial) a form of address for a sibling that is neither the eldest nor the youngest.

alang (comparative lebih alang, superlative paling alang)

1. medium; half-and-half
2. little (of account)

• "alang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Wilkinson, R. J. (1946), “alang”, in An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary, St. Martin's Street, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.

aláng

1. early

alang

1. along

alang (comparative further, superlative furthest)

1. along

From ala- +‎ -ng.

alang

1. trough, hollow, depression
2. lowland

Inflection of alang (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	alang
genitive sing.	alangon
partitive sing.	alangod
partitive plur.	alangoid
	singular	plural
nominative	alang	alangod
accusative	alangon	alangod
genitive	alangon	alangoiden
partitive	alangod	alangoid
essive-instructive	alangon	alangoin
translative	alangoks	alangoikš
inessive	alangos	alangoiš
elative	alangospäi	alangoišpäi
illative	alangoho	alangoihe
adessive	alangol	alangoil
ablative	alangolpäi	alangoilpäi
allative	alangole	alangoile
abessive	alangota	alangoita
comitative	alangonke	alangoidenke
prolative	alangodme	alangoidme
approximative I	alangonno	alangoidenno
approximative II	alangonnoks	alangoidennoks
egressive	alangonnopäi	alangoidennopäi
terminative I	alangohosai	alangoihesai
terminative II	alangolesai	alangoilesai
terminative III	alangossai	—
additive I	alangohopäi	alangoihepäi
additive II	alangolepäi	alangoilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “впадина, низина, понижение”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika