abang

abang

1. window (opening for light and air)

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbaŋ/ [ʔaˈbaŋ]
• Hyphenation: a‧bang

From Proto-Central Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ.

abáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)

1. act of watching for, awaiting

abáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)

1. very, so

   Synonyms: marhay, abaana

   Abang estrikto kan magurang niya

   His/her parents are so strict.

   Abang sakit mong paintindihon

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• IPA^(key): /abaŋ/

abang

1. village

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

• IPA^(key): /abaŋ/
• Hyphenation: a‧bang

abang

1. older brother

• Hyphenation: a‧bang

abang

1. to lease; to rent
2. to hire a prostitute

abang

1. a lease
2. a rent

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:abang.

• baang, banag, banga

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦁ (abang).

abang

1. red

• "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

abang

1. boat

abáng

1. avarice, greediness

ábang

1. to be within range of a fire

From Malay abang, from Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Old Malay habaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba +‎ *-ŋ), *aba (“father”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈabaŋ]
• Hyphenation: abang

abang (plural abang-abang, first-person possessive abangku, second-person possessive abangmu, third-person possessive abangnya)

1. (literally or figuratively, chiefly Sumatra, West Kalimantan and Jakarta) elder brother

   Umur abang saya lebih besar tiga tahun. ― My brother is three years older than me.

   Nanti malam aku akan ke rumah abang. ― Tonight, I will go to my elder brother's house.

2. (chiefly West Kalimantan, Sumatra) a form of address to the husband in a marriage or marital relationship

It's used to address an elder brother or cousin, a male friend (who is older than oneself is), a husband or boyfriend. Sometimes it's used before a name (Bang Samsul, etc). This address is used in the Malay influenced regions (Sumatra, West Kalimantan and Jakarta).

• (older brother): see Thesaurus:abang

From Javanese ꦲꦧꦁ (abang, “red”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈabaŋ]
• Hyphenation: abang

abang

1. red

   Synonym: merah

• “abang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

abang

1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦁ

abang

1. rent money

• IPA^(key): [ˈabaŋ]

abang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨅ)

1. (anatomy) forehead

• (Etymology 1): bang, bung

• IPA^(key): [a.baŋ]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -baŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧bang

From Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Old Malay habaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba +‎ *-ŋ), *aba (“father”). Doublet of awang.

abang (Jawi spelling ابڠ, plural abang-abang, informal 1st possessive abangku, 2nd possessive abangmu, 3rd possessive abangnya)

1. An older brother or male sibling.
2. A form of address to a male that a little older than oneself, but sometimes also to an elder son.
3. A form of address used by a wife to a husband.

• Indonesian: abang
• → Min Nan: 阿班 (a-pan)^[1]
• → Thai: บัง (bang)

• kakak
• engko
• nana
• uda

From Javanese abang.

abang (Jawi spelling ابڠ)

1. (rare) The colour red.

   Synonym: merah

• “abang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Claudine Salmon (2009) “Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges”, in Archipel‎^[2], volume 78, pages 181-208

abang

1. rent

abang

1. abang

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 1.

From Proto-Central Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ. Compare Aklanon abang, Balinese ambang, and Kambera amba.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbaŋ/ [ʔɐˈbaŋ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: a‧bang

abáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)

1. watcher

   Synonyms: bakay, bantay, guwardiya, tanod

2. trap; snare (placed or set up strategically)
3. act of waiting (for a person, an opportunity, etc.)

   Synonyms: abat, pag-abat

4. act of setting up a trap or snare

• “abang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*abaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• gaban, banga, baang

abáng

1. boat