salang

See also: Salang

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *selaŋ. Compare Cebuano sulang and Tagalog sihang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlaŋ/ [saˈl̪aŋ]
• Hyphenation: sa‧lang

Noun

saláng (Basahan spelling ᜐᜎᜅ᜔)

1. (anatomy) jaw; jawbone

   Synonym: panga

See also

• bungo
• payo
• sentido

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *saləŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saləŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *saləŋ (“pine tree, pitch pine”).

Noun

salang (Jawi spelling سالڠ, plural salang-salang)

1. resin (secretion of plants)
2. resin (viscous liquid of plant origin)

Synonyms

• damar (Malaysia, Singapore)

Kavalan

Noun

salang

1. soup

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalaŋ/ [ˈsa.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: sa‧lang

Noun

salang (Jawi spelling سالڠ, plural salang-salang or salang²)

1. (historical) a method of execution where a keris is impaled through the collarbone and into the heart, reserved for traitors.

Verb

salang (Jawi spelling سالڠ)

1. to execute by the keris

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penyalang [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• menyalang [agent focus] (meN-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: salang

Further reading

• "salang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsalaŋ/ [ˈsaː.lɐŋ] (“thing being cooked; (act of) putting on the fire when cooking; (act of) putting into a tough situation”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -alaŋ
  • IPA^(key): /saˈlaŋ/ [sɐˈlaŋ] (“very light touch; unintentional mention”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: sa‧lang

Noun

salang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜅ᜔)

1. something being cooked on a pot, casserole, etc. (on a fire or stove)
2. act of putting a pot, casserole, etc. on a fire or stove (in cooking)

   Synonyms: pagsasalang, sigang, pagsisigang

3. (figuratively, by extension) act of putting something or someone into a tough situation

Derived terms

• isalang
• magsalang
• masalang
• nakasalang
• pagsalangan
• salangan

Noun

saláng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜅ᜔)

1. very light touch (with a finger or hand)

   Synonyms: hipo, paghipo, pagsalang, saling, aling

2. (figurative) unintentional mention or reference (to something bitter, hurtful to someone, or something better forgotten)

   Synonyms: pagsalang, saling, ungkat, pag-ungkat

Derived terms

• pagsalang
• patay-salang
• salangin
• sumalang

See also

• Dimasalang

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• sangla, sangal, gansal, asngal