lamang

lamang

1. just; only; merely

Inherited from Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləməŋ. Cognate of Indonesian lemang.

lamang

1. lemang (a type of food made of glutinous rice and coconut milk baked in a length of bamboo lined with banana leaf)

• Kamus Minangkabau - Indonesia [Minangkabau - Indonesian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, 1985

From Proto-Philippine *lámaŋ (“only, just, but”). Compare Hanunoo lamang, Agutaynen lamang, and Cebuano lamang. See also Ilocano laeng (“only; just; ever”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlamaŋ/ [ˈlaː.mɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -amaŋ
• Syllabification: la‧mang

lamang (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜅ᜔)

1. (sometimes formal) only; just

   Synonym: lang

2. exclusively; particularly

   Synonyms: talaga, sadya

• laang — dialectal, Bataan, Bulacan, Rizal, Southern Tagalog
• lang — contraction

Compare Cebuano lam-ang (“overstep; exceed”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈmaŋ/ [lɐˈmaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: la‧mang

lamáng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜅ᜔)

1. advantage one has over another

   Synonyms: higit, kahigtan, bentaha, kabentahan, kalamangan

2. taking of advantage over another

   Synonym: paglamang

3. point advantage over one's opponent

   Synonyms: abante, kalamangan

lamáng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜅ᜔)

1. at an advantage over another

   Synonyms: nakalalamang, nakahihigit

2. ahead in one's points over one's opponent

   Synonyms: abante, nakaaabante, nakalalamang

• “lamang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• Lagman