different between mang vs mangu

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ?/

Etymology 1

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.

Noun

mang

1. Alternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)

Etymology 2

From Middle English mang, mangis, imang, emang, variants of Middle English on mang, in mange, from Old English on ?emang. More at among.

Preposition

mang

1. (Devon) Amid, amongst, among.

Etymology 3

From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, men??an (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.

Verb

mang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)

1. (Devon) To mix.

Quotations

Anagrams

• AMGN, G-man, Ngam

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/

Noun

mang (uncountable)

1. (Cape Afrikaans) prison, jail

Verb

mang (present mang, present participle mangende, past participle gemang)

1. (Cape Afrikaans, intransitive) to be in prison, to do time

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mag

Etymology

Nasal (dialectal) variant of mag.

Noun

mang m (indefinite plural mangje, definite singular mangu, definite plural mangjet)

1. animal young, cub
2. urchin

Declension

Derived terms

• mangë
• mangët
• mangth, makth
• mangut

Cimbrian

Verb

mang

1. (Luserna, auxiliary) to be able to; can

References

• “mang” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German manc, inmanc and Middle Low German manc (“among”). Related with German mengen, English among.

Pronunciation

Preposition

mang (+ dative)

1. (regional, Northern Germany, chiefly colloquial, dated) among; amidst

Derived terms

• mittenmang (adverb; remains more common)

Low German

Preposition

mang

1. among, amongst

2. amidst

Inflection

Adverb

mang

1. among

Synonyms

• ünner

Mandarin

Romanization

mang

1. Nonstandard spelling of m?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of máng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of m?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of màng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian mangr, probably from East Norse.

Pronoun

mang f or m (neuter mangt, plural mange)

1. In theory the base form of mange (“many”). Only used in the phrases mang ei f, mang en m, and mangt et.

References

• “mang en” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “mange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian mangr, probably from East Norse.

Pronoun

mang f or m (neuter mangt, plural mange)

1. In theory the base form of mange (“many”). Only used in the pronoun phrases mang ein m and mang ei f, and mangt eit n.

References

• “mang ein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “mange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From manga (“to barter”).

Noun

mang n

1. barter, peddling

Declension

References

• mang in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Potawatomi

Noun

mang

1. loon

Sundanese

Noun

mang

1. uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)

Tagalog

Etymology

From a Clipping of manong

Noun

mang

1. an informal term of address for an elderly man; mister

Synonyms

• manong
• manang
• kuya
• ate

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ma????]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ma????]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ma????]

Etymology 1

Cognate with Muong bang.

Verb

mang • (?, ????)

1. to carry

2. to wear (footwear)

See also

Verb

mang • (????)

1. to be pregnant

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *k-ma??; cognate with Muong mang and Chut [R?c] kuma??¹. Compare Bahnar k?mang (“gill”).

Noun

(classifier cái) mang • (????)

1. (of a fish) gill
2. (of a cobra) hood

Derived terms

• r?n h? mang

Etymology 3

From Proto-Vietic *t-?a??.

Noun

(classifier con) mang • (????, ????)

1. muntjac

Synonyms

• ho?ng

Zhuang

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ma????/

• Tone numbers: mang¹
• Hyphenation: mang

Etymology 1

From Chinese ? (MC m?æ?^X, “ferocious; violent; powerful”).

Adjective

mang (old orthography ma?)

1. brave; bold.

See also

• damzdingz
• lanh
• moegloet

Etymology 2

Noun

mang (old orthography ma?)

1. curse.

English

Etymology

Derived from Spanish mangú.

Noun

mangu (uncountable)

1. Mashed plantain.

Usage notes

This term is mostly used in the Dominican Republic and other Spanish-speaking countries, but has spread to Canada and the United States.

Anagrams

• Gunma, Maung, munga

Asturian

Noun

mangu m (plural mangos)

1. handle
2. mango (tree)
3. mango (fruit)

Maori

Adjective

mangu

1. black