alamang
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧la‧mang
Noun
alamang
- a preparation of fermented shrimp paste
Hanunoo
Etymology
From Proto-Northern Philippine *ajamaŋ (“tiny shrimp”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔalaˈmaŋ/ [ʔa.lɐˈmɐŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- Syllabification: a‧la‧mang
Noun
alamáng (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜫᜥ᜴) (zoology)
- small, edible shrimp, possibly Atyopsis moluccensis
Further reading
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Northern Philippine *ajamaŋ (“tiny shrimp”). Compare Ilocano aramang and Pangasinan agamang.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈmaŋ/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈmaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- Syllabification: a‧la‧mang
Noun
alamáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋᜅ᜔)
- any of a number of species of small shrimp in the genus Acetes (used in bagoong production)
- Synonym: (Marinduque) balaw
- (figurative) insignificant person or thing; small fry
Derived terms
Further reading
- “alamang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 9