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manang

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Cebuano

Etymology

From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) +‎ -ng.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧nang
  • IPA(key): /ˈmanaŋ/ [ˈma.n̪ɐŋ]

Noun

manang (masculine manong)

  1. elder sister; big sister
  2. term of address for an elder sister: big sis
  3. term of address for any woman older than the speaker, not necessarily an elderly woman: ma'am

Derived terms

Further reading

  • John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
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Hiligaynon

Etymology

From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) +‎ -ng.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧nang
  • IPA(key): /ˈmanaŋ/ [ˈma.naŋ]
  • IPA(key): /maˈnaŋ/ [maˈnaŋ] (term of address)

Noun

manang (masculine manong)

  1. eldest sister
  2. elder sister; big sister
  3. term of address for an elder sister or the eldest sister: big sis
  4. term of address for any woman older than the speaker, not necessarily an elderly woman: ma'am

Derived terms

Further reading

  • John Kaufmann (1934), Visayan-English Dictionary‎ (overall work in Hiligaynon and English)
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Iban

Pronunciation

Noun

manang

  1. shaman

Mansaka

Noun

manang

  1. the eldest sister

Tagalog

Etymology

From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) +‎ -ng.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmanaŋ/ [ˈmaː.n̪ɐŋ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anaŋ
  • Syllabification: ma‧nang

Noun

manang (masculine manong, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

  1. term of address for an elderly woman; madam
  2. a female elder; old woman; matron

See also

Further reading

  • “manang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
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