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5-letter words (2 found)

ALANG,LAGAN,

4-letter words (9 found)

ALAN,ALGA,ANAL,ANGA,GALA,LANA,LANG,NAGA,NALA,

3-letter words (8 found)

AAL,AGA,ALA,ANA,GAL,GAN,LAG,NAG,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AG,AL,AN,LA,NA,

You can make 25 words from alang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of alang

alang laang aalng aalng laang alang alnag lanag anlag nalag lnaag nlaag aanlg aanlg analg naalg analg naalg lanag alnag lnaag nlaag anlag nalag alagn laagn aalgn aalgn laagn alagn algan lagan aglan galan lgaan glaan aagln aagln agaln gaaln agaln gaaln lagan algan lgaan glaan aglan galan alnga langa anlga nalga lnaga nlaga algna lagna aglna galna lgana glana angla nagla agnla ganla ngala gnala lngaa nlgaa lgnaa glnaa nglaa gnlaa aangl aangl anagl naagl anagl naagl aagnl aagnl aganl gaanl aganl gaanl angal nagal agnal ganal ngaal gnaal angal nagal agnal ganal ngaal gnaal langa alnga lnaga nlaga anlga nalga lagna algna lgana glana aglna galna lngaa nlgaa lgnaa glnaa nglaa gnlaa angla nagla agnla ganla ngala gnala

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Definitions and meaning of alang

alang

Preposition

alang

  1. Pronunciation spelling of along.

Anagrams

  • Galan, Lagan, Ngala, lagan

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈlaŋ/, [ʔaˈl̪aŋ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧lang

Adjective

aláng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔, plural aralang)

  1. (Naga) dry; arid
    Synonym: mara
    Antonyms: basa, dumog

Derived terms

Noun

aláng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. dried fish
    Synonym: tuyo

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

álang (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. for
    Synonym: para

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: alang

Etymology 1

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

Noun

alang (plural alang-alang, first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

  1. crossbeam, bar going across.
  2. room divider
    Synonym: sekat
Derived terms

Adjective

alang

  1. middle
    Synonym: sedang
  2. middle, moderate
    Synonym: tengah
  3. half-baked, incomplete
    Synonyms: tanggung, setengah-setengah
Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau alang.

Noun

alang (first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

  1. gift.
    Synonyms: hadiah, pemberian

Etymology 3

From Acehnese [Term?].

Noun

alang (first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

  1. long neck bottle.

Etymology 4

From Sasak [Term?]. Cognate of Karao alang.

Noun

alang (first-person possessive alangku, second-person possessive alangmu, third-person possessive alangnya)

  1. granary.

Further reading

  • “alang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Karao

Noun

alang

  1. rice granary

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -alaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ

Noun

alang (plural alang-alang, informal 1st possessive alangku, 2nd possessive alangmu, 3rd possessive alangnya)

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

Adjective

alang

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

Further reading

  • “alang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Adjective

aláng

  1. early

Scots

Preposition

alang

  1. along

Adjective

alang (comparative further, superlative furthest)

  1. along

Veps

Etymology

From ala- +‎ -ng.

Noun

alang

  1. trough, hollow, depression
  2. lowland

Inflection

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “впадина, низина, понижение”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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