akang

Ambonese Malay

Particle

akang

1. future tense marker

Preposition

akang

1. for

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese akang (“elder brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaŋ/
• Rhymes: -akaŋ, -kaŋ, -aŋ

Noun

akang (plural akang-akang)

1. (literally or figuratively, chiefly Banten and West Java) elder brother

Synonyms

Thesaurus:abang

Further reading

• “akang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Variant of kakak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaŋ/
• Rhymes: -akaŋ, -kaŋ, -aŋ

Noun

akang (Jawi spelling اکڠ, plural akang-akang or akang²)

1. older sister
2. (rare) older brother
3. (rare) older sibling

Synonyms

• kakak