gurang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Rudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *Rudaŋ.

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈɾaŋ/ [ɡuˈɾaŋ]

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• Hyphenation: gu‧rang

guráng (plural gururang, intensified gurangon, plural intensified gururangon, Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜍᜅ᜔)

1. old; aged; senior (having lived for relatively many years)

   Antonyms: aki, hoben

2. mature (having experiences throughout one's lifetime)

   Antonym: inosente

Compare Bikol Central gurang, Waray-Waray gurang, Cebuano tigulang. Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Rudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *Rudaŋ. Doublet of gulang.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈɾaŋ/ [ɡʊˈɾaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: gu‧rang

guráng (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜇᜅ᜔)

1. mature
2. of age; full-fledged; adult; mature (of the right age)
3. (slang) old; aged; senior; elderly; geriatric (having lived for relatively many years)
4. (slang) forgetful

• ulianin

• “gurang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “gurang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Rudaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 54