# abang
## Berawan
### Noun

abang
* window (opening for light and air)

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈbaŋ/ [ʔaˈbaŋ]
* Hyphenation: a‧bang

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ.

#### Noun

abáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)
* act of watching for, awaiting

##### Derived terms

* abangan
* mag-abang

### Etymology 2
#### Adverb

abáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)
* very, so
    Synonyms: marhay, abaana
    Abang estrikto kan magurang niyaHis/her parents are so strict.
    Abang sakit mong paintindihon(please add an English translation of this usage example)

## Blagar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abaŋ/

### Noun

abang
* village

### References

* A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

## Brunei Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abaŋ/
* Hyphenation: a‧bang

### Noun

abang
* older brother

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧bang

### Verb

abang
* to lease; to rent
* to hire a prostitute

### Noun

abang
* a lease
* a rent

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:abang.

### Anagrams

* baang, banag, banga

## Central Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦁ (abang).

### Adjective

abang
* red

### References

* "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Dupaningan Agta
### Noun

abang
* boat

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

abáng
* avarice, greediness

### Verb

ábang
* to be within range of a fire

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈabaŋ/ [ˈa.baŋ]
* Rhymes: -abaŋ
* Syllabification: a‧bang

### Etymology 1

From Malay abang, from Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba +‎ *-ŋ), *aba (“father”).

#### Noun

abang (plural abang-abang)
* (literally or figuratively, chiefly Sumatra, West Kalimantan and Jakarta) elder brother
    Umur abang saya lebih besar tiga tahun.My elder brother is three years older than me.
    Nanti malam aku akan ke rumah abang.Tonight, I will go to my elder brother's house.
* a form of respect used for older young man
* (chiefly West Kalimantan, Sumatra) a form of address to the husband in a marriage or marital relationship

##### Usage notes

Used to address an elder brother or cousin, a male friend (who is older than oneself is), a husband or a boyfriend. Sometimes used before a name (Bang Samsul, etc). This form of address is used in the Malay-influenced regions (Sumatra, West Kalimantan and Jakarta).

##### Synonyms

* (older brother): see Thesaurus:abang

##### Derived terms

* berabang

### Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦲꦧꦁ (abang, “red”).

#### Adjective

abang
* (dialectal, chiefly Java) Synonym of merah (“red”)

##### Related terms

* abangan

### Further reading

* “abang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

abang
* Romanization of ꦲꦧꦁ

## Karao
### Noun

abang
* rent money

## Makasar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈabaŋ]

### Noun

abang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨅ)
* (anatomy) forehead

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* (Etymology 1): bang, bung

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a.baŋ]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -baŋ, -aŋ
* Hyphenation: a‧bang

### Etymology 1

From Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Old Malay habaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba +‎ *-ŋ), *aba (“father”). Doublet of awang. Sense of older sister in south of the Peninsular and Riau displaced by kakak.

#### Noun

abang (Jawi spelling ابڠ, plural abang-abang, informal 1st possessive abangku, 2nd possessive abangmu, 3rd possessive abangnya)
* An older brother or male sibling.
* (obsolete, Johor, Riau) - older sister or female sibling, ellipsis of abang perempuan.
    Synonym: kakak
* form of address to a male a little older than oneself, but sometimes also to an elder son.
* form of address used by a wife to a husband.
    Synonyms: kanda, sayang

#### Affixations

* berabang
* berabangkan

##### Compounds

* abang angkat (“adoptive brother”)
* abang ipar (“brother-in-law”)
* abang kandung (“biological brother”)
* abang tiri (“stepbrother”)

### Descendants

* Malay: Bang, abam
* Indonesian: abang
* → Min Nan: 阿班 (a-pan)
* → Thai: บัง (bang)

#### See also

* kakak
* kakanda - in royal register
* engko
* nana
* uda

### Etymology 2

From Javanese abang.

#### Noun

abang (Jawi spelling ابڠ)
* (rare) The colour red.
    Synonym: merah

### References

* ↑ Claudine Salmon (2009) “Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges”, in Archipel‎, volume 78, page 198
* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ابڠ abang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 1
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ابڠ abang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 2
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “abang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 1

### Bibliography

* “abang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Claudine Salmon (2009) “Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges”, in Archipel‎, volume 78, pages 181-208

## Sambali
### Noun

abang
* rent

## Simalungun Batak
### Noun

abang
* abang

### References

* Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 1.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ. Compare Aklanon abang, Balinese ᬳᬫ᭄ᬩᬂ (ambang), and Kambera amba.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈbaŋ/ [ʔɐˈbaŋ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋ
* Syllabification: a‧bang

### Noun

abáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)
* watcher
    Synonyms: bakay, bantay, guwardiya, tanod
* trap; snare (placed or set up strategically)
* act of waiting (for a person, an opportunity, etc.)
    Synonyms: abat, pag-abat
* act of setting up a trap or snare

#### Derived terms

* abangan
* ipag-abang
* mag-abang
* mag-abang-abang
* mang-abang
* mangabang
* pag-aabang
* pag-abang
* pangangabang
* tagaabang

### Further reading

* “abang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*abaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* gaban, banga, baang

## Yogad
### Noun

abáng
* boat