# mang
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mæŋ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Homophone: MAANG
* Rhymes: -æŋ

### Etymology 1

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.

#### Noun

mang
* (nonstandard) Alternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)
** 2014 April 11, Gary Smith, Hero Road, Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 46:"Chit, mang, you putos are a bunch of racists." Omar's classic Spanglish comeback made everyone break out in raucous laughter.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English mang, mangis, imang, emang, variants of Middle English on mang, in mange, from Old English on ġemang. More at among.

#### Preposition

mang
* (Devon) Amid, amongst, among.

### Etymology 3

From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.

#### Verb

mang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)
* (Devon) To mix.
    It's all manged up together.
** 1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim and Nell‎, page 25:Hagegy Bess; wi' zich, I reckon, Ha now delight'h vor mang.

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mang- (“to want, beg”). Compare Sanskrit mārg-, मार्ग् (“to seek, ask for”).

#### Verb

mang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)
* (slang, dated, rare, transative, intransitive) To beg; to beg for money.

### Anagrams

* GNMA, Ngam, magn., G-man, AMGN

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maŋ/

### Noun

mang (uncountable)
* (Cape Afrikaans) prison, jail

### Verb

mang (present mang, present participle mangende, past participle gemang)
* (Cape Afrikaans, intransitive) to be in prison, to do time

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmanɡ/
* Rhymes: -anɡ

### Etymology 1

Compare Old Armenian մանր (manr, “small, thin”).

#### Noun

mang m (definite mangu) (Buzuku)
* male
    Synonym: mashkull

#### References

* ↑ The Indo-European Languages‎, 2015, page 499

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mancus (“maimed, infirm”); doublet of mënk ‘one-armed’.

#### Noun

mang m (plural mangje, definite mangu, definite plural mangjet)
* animal young, cub
* urchin

##### Alternative forms

* mag

##### Derived terms

* mangë
* mangët
* mangth, makth
* mangut

## Cimbrian
### Verb

mang
* (Luserna, auxiliary) to be able to; can

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## German
### Etymology

From northern Middle High German manc, inmanc and Middle Low German manc (“among”). Related with German mengen, English among.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maŋ/
* Audio:(file)

### Preposition

mang [with dative]
* (Northern Germany, colloquial, dated) among; amidst

#### Derived terms

* mittenmang (adverb; remains more common)

## Kristang
### Etymology

Inherited from Portuguese mão.

### Noun

mang
* hand

## Low German
### Preposition

mang
* among, amongst
    Dor sühst (du) mien Süster mang de Lüüd, de op Straat loopt.There you see my sister among the people walking in the street.
* amidst

#### Inflection
### Adverb

mang
* among

### Synonyms

* ünner

## Mandarin
### Romanization

mang
* Nonstandard spelling of māng.
* Nonstandard spelling of máng.
* Nonstandard spelling of mǎng.
* Nonstandard spelling of màng.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mizo
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k).

### Noun

mang
* dream

### References

* Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Danish mang, mangen, from Old Danish mang.

### Pronoun

mang f or m (neuter mangt, plural mange)
* In theory the base form of mange (“many”). Only used in the phrases mang ei f, mang en m, and mangt et.

#### References

* “mang en” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “mange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Middle Norwegian mangr, probably from East Norse.

### Pronoun

mang f or m (neuter mangt, plural mange)
* In theory the base form of mange (“many”). Only used in the pronoun phrases mang ein m and mang ei f, and mangt eit n.

#### References

* “mang ein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “mange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From manga (“to barter”).

### Noun

mang n
* barter, peddling

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mang”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Potawatomi
### Noun

mang
* loon

## Prasuni
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *mrāngī, alteration of Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maŋɡ/ (tone class A)

### Noun

mang (Pronz)
* female markhor

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “mâŋg”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

## Sundanese
### Noun

mang
* uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Clipping of mama +‎ -ng.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmaŋ/ [ˈmaŋ]
* Rhymes: -aŋ
* Syllabification: mang
* Homophones: Mang, mang-

### Noun

mang (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔) (colloquial)
* term of address for an elderly man
    Synonyms: manong, kuya

#### Related terms

* Mang

### Further reading

* “mang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [maːŋ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [maːŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [maːŋ˧˧]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Muong bang, Tho [Cuối Chăm] baːŋ¹.

#### Verb

mang • (芒, 忙, 恾, 𫼳, 茫)
* to carry
    mang đi ― to leave and take something along
    cà phê mang đi ― coffee to go; takeout/takeaway coffee
* to wear (footwear)
    Synonym: đi
    mang giày không tất ― to wear shoes without socks
    mang giày cao gót ― to wear high-heels

##### See also

* choàng (“to wear a cape or cloak”)
* đeo (“to wear an accessory or footwear”)
* đội (“to wear headgear”)
* khoác (“to wear over the shoulders”)
* mặc (“to wear a top or bottom”)
* quàng (“to wear a scarf”)

#### Verb

mang • (𦛿)
* to be pregnant

#### Derived terms

* bụng mang dạ chửa
* con dại cái mang
* cưu mang
* mang con bỏ chợ
* mang danh
* mang nặng đẻ đau
* mang tên
* mang tiếng
* mang vác
* tay xách nách mang
* tiền mất tật mang

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *k-maːŋ; cognate with Muong mang and Chut [Rục] kumaːŋ¹. Compare Bahnar kơmang (“gill”), Khmu [Cuang] maːŋ ("gill").

#### Noun

(classifier cái) mang • (芒)
* (anatomy) gills
    Synonym: go
    mang nòng nọc ― tadpole gills
* (of a cobra) hood

##### Derived terms

* mang tai
* rắn hổ mang

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Vietic *t-ɓaːŋ.

#### Noun

(classifier con) mang • (𤛘, 𤞽)
* muntjac
    Synonyms: hoẵng, kỉ, mễn

### Etymology 4
#### Romanization

mang
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 忙

##### Derived terms

* đa mang (多忙)
* hoang mang (慌忙)

## Yola
### Preposition

mang
* Aphetic form of amang
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 14-15:Mang ourzels——var wee dwytheth an Irelonde az ure generale haime——Unto ourselves——for we look on Ireland to be our common country——

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /maːŋ˨˦/
* Tone numbers: mang$^1$
* Hyphenation: mang

### Etymology 1

From Chinese 猛 (MC maengX, “ferocious; violent; powerful”).

#### Adjective

mang (1957–1982 spelling maŋ)
* brave; bold.

##### See also

* damzdingz
* lanh
* moegloet

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

mang (1957–1982 spelling maŋ)
* curse.