mang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mang"

English

Etymology 1

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.

Noun

mang

  1. Alternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)
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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.

Quotations

  • 1867, Rock, William Frederick, Jim and Nell‎, page 25:
    Hagegy Bess; wi' zich, I reckon,
    Ha now delight'h vor mang.

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Nasal (dialectal) variant of mag.

Noun

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

  1. animal young, cub
  2. urchin

Derivatives

Cimbrian

Verb

mang

  1. (auxiliary) to be able to; can

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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

Adverb

mang

  1. among

Synonyms

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

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian mangr, probably from East Norse.

Pronoun

mang f, m (neuter mangt, plural mange)

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

Derived terms

References

Potawatomi

Noun

mang

  1. loon

Sundanese

Noun

mang

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɓaːŋ; cognate with Muong pang.

Verb

mang (芒, 𫼳)

  1. to carry
  2. to wear footwears (shoes, boots, sandals, etc.)

Verb

mang (𦛿)

  1. be pregnant (clarification of this definition is needed)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

(classifier cái) mang (𧋽)

  1. (of a fish) gill
  2. (of a cobra) hood

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Vietic *t-ɓaːŋ.

Noun

(classifier con) mang (𤛘, 𤞽)

  1. muntjac
Synonyms
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