akang
Ambonese Malay
Particle
akang
- future tense marker
Preposition
akang
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sundanese akang (“elder brother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akaŋ/
- Rhymes: -akaŋ, -kaŋ, -aŋ
Noun
akang (plural akang-akang)
- (literally or figuratively, chiefly Banten and West Java) elder brother
Synonyms
Further reading
- “akang” 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.
Malay
Etymology
Variant of kakak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akaŋ/
- Rhymes: -akaŋ, -kaŋ, -aŋ
Noun
akang (Jawi spelling اکڠ, plural akang-akang)
Synonyms
Sundanese
Etymology
From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aka-ŋ, from *aka (“elder sibling”).[1] Cognate with Javanese ꦲꦏꦁ (akang).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.kaŋ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
akang (Sundanese script ᮃᮊᮀ)