# nang
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: năng; IPA: /næŋ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æŋ

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

nang (plural nangs)
* (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream.
    Synonym: whippet
** 1996 March 5, Justin O'Brien, “how long before you peak on acid?”, in alt.drugs (Usenet):I reckon the thing that brings on a trip the quickest is definitly a nang (nitrous oxide bulb) while listening to REALLY intense music
** 1998 October 18, “noise” from hello.net.au and start.net.au, “H ?”, in alt.drugs.hard (Usenet):"helicopters" these days refers to those silly hats with propellers on top, which come with a free ounce of smack at any local K-mart. Y'know, next to the nangs (or bulbs - nitrous oxide for whipped cream).

### Etymology 2

Multicultural London English, from Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole nyanga, potentially from West African languages, such as Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”) or Hausa yanga (“boastfulness”).

#### Adjective

nang (comparative more nang, superlative most nang)
* (UK, slang, chiefly MLE) excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
    That was well nang!
** 2016 December 9, Adam Boult, quoting Elijah Quashie, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, in The Daily Telegraph‎:The wings were seriously a peng ting. The chips were nang. Burger was sick – the assembly was on point. The fillet was a serious ting – the thickness was there. Bossman did well.

##### Synonyms

* fabulous, splendid; See also Thesaurus:excellent

### Anagrams

* Gann, Ngan

## Banjarese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese nang, a variation of ning.

### Conjunction

nang
* which ((relative) who, whom, what)

## Bau Bidayuh
### Noun

nang
* shrimp (decapod crustacean)

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnaŋ/ [ˈn̪aŋ]

### Conjunction

nang (Basahan spelling ᜈᜅ᜔)
* Alternative form of nan (“and”)

## Chuukese
### Noun

nang
* heaven

## Jingpho
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“thou”).

### Pronoun

nang
* thou, you (singular)

## Khumi Chin
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *naŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *naŋ (“thou”). Cognates include Burmese နင် (nang).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nã˥/

### Pronoun

nang
* thou, you (singular)

#### See also
### References

* R. Shafer (1944) “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, number 2, page 425
* K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 44

## Liangmai Naga
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *naŋ (“thou”).

### Pronoun

nang (dual nanai, plural naliu)
* you

## Mandarin
### Romanization

nang
* Nonstandard spelling of nāng.
* Nonstandard spelling of náng.
* Nonstandard spelling of nǎng.
* Nonstandard spelling of nàng.

#### 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 *naŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“thou”).

### Pronoun

nang
* thou, you (singular)

## Ottawa
### Etymology

cf. Ojibwe anang

### Noun

nang anim
* star

### References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 117

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /naŋ/ [n̪ɐŋ]
* Rhymes: -aŋ
* Syllabification: nang
* Homophones: ng, na'ng, Ng

### Conjunction

nang (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜅ᜔)
* when, at the time of (referring to past events)
    Natutulog na ang mga bata nang dumating kami.The children were already sleeping when we came.
* for, so that, in order to
    Synonyms: para, upang
    Bilisan mo nang makahabol ka pa!Hurry so that you can still catch up!

#### See also

* noon

### Particle

nang (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜅ᜔)
* combination of na and -ng; more; already
    Wala nang ibang hahanapin pa.There is no more else to find.
* used to connect adverbs of manner or degree to the word they modify
    Tumakbo nang mabilis ang bata.The child ran fast.
* used to connect repeated verbs
    Tumakbo nang tumakbo ang bata hanggang siya'y napagod.The child ran and ran until he became tired.

#### Usage notes

* Nang is often confused with ng. According to the Manwal sa Masinop na Pagsulat (Manual on Orthography) by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language), nang is used only in the five definitions stated above and ng is used elsewhere. Nang is also confused with na'ng, the contraction of na and ang, wherein the apostrophe is often omitted.

#### See also

* na
* na'ng

### Preposition

nang (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜅ᜔)
* Archaic spelling of ng.

### Further reading

* “nang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Tedim Chin
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *naŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *naŋ.

### Pronoun

nang
* you (singular)

#### References

* Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [naːŋ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [naːŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [naːŋ˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 囊.

#### Noun

nang
* follicle

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *p-naːŋ. Cognate with Thavung pənaːŋ¹. Doublet of tân lang.
Related to Eastern Katu panang, Malay pinang, Rade mnang, Bih pinang, Chinese 檳榔 / 槟榔 (bīngláng). Due to the extremely limited distribution of this word in Austroasiatic (Vietic, Katuic) and Austronesian (Malayo-Chamic), it is difficult to trace the exact source. The Chinese word is obviously a loan, most likely from an Austronesian language.

#### Noun

(classifier cây) nang
* (obsolete) areca
    Synonym: cau

##### Usage notes

Survives as a fossil in mo nang (“areca spathe”).

## Yapese
### Verb

nang
* to know