umang

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qumaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qumaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u‧mang
  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈmaŋ/ [ʔuˈmaŋ]

Noun

umáng

  1. hermit crab

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qumaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qumaŋ. Cognate with Tiruray kumang, Marshallese om̧, Palauan chum.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u‧mang
  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈmaŋ/ [ʔʊˈmaŋ]

Noun

umang

  1. a hermit crab
  2. (idiomatic) a person who habitually wears other people's footwear without permission

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:umang.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔumaŋ/ [ˈʔuː.mɐŋ]
  • Rhymes: -umaŋ
  • Syllabification: u‧mang

Noun

umang (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋᜅ᜔)

  1. trap; snare
    Synonyms: patibong, silo, bitag
  2. act of putting someone at the threshold of danger, etc.
    Synonyms: subo, pagsusubo, buyo, pagbubuyo
  3. act of pointing closely at someone (of a gun, etc.)
    Synonyms: tutok, pagtutok

Derived terms

  • iumang
  • mag-umang
  • pag-uumang
  • umangan

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