mang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mang"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æŋ

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.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mang- (“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, transative, intransitive) To beg; to beg for money.

Anagrams

• GNMA, Ngam, magn., G-man, AMGN

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:

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Preposition

mang [with dative]

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

Derived terms

• mittenmang (adverb; remains more common)

Low German

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 adv.	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

Synonyms

• ünner

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.

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

References

• “mang”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Potawatomi

Noun

mang

1. loon

Prasuni

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *mrāngī, alteration of Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋɡ/ (tone class A)

Noun

mang (Pronz)

1. female markhor

Sundanese

Noun

mang

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

Tagalog

Etymology

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, 2024

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.

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”)

Verb

mang • (𦛿)

1. to be pregnant

Derived terms

• đa mang
• mang con bỏ chợ (“to offer half-hearted help”)
• mang lại
• mang nặng đẻ đau (“to have endured hardship while carrying and giving birth to a child”)
• mang tên (“to be called”)
• mang vác
• tay xách nách mang

 

Etymology 2

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

Noun

(classifier cái) mang • (芒)

1. (anatomy) gills

   Synonym: go

   mang nòng nọc ― tadpole gills

2. (of a cobra) hood

Derived terms

• mang tai
• rắn hổ mang (“cobra”)

 

Etymology 3

From Proto-Vietic *t-ɓaːŋ.

Noun

(classifier con) mang • (𤛘, 𤞽)

1. muntjac

   Synonyms: hoẵng, kỉ, mễn

Etymology 4

Romanization

mang

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 忙

Derived terms

• hoang mang (慌忙, “puzzled; confused; unsettled; irresolute”)

 

Yola

Preposition

mang

1. Aphetic 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.