akang
Ambonese Malay
Particle
akang
- future tense marker
Preposition
akang
- for
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sundanese akang (ᮃᮊᮀ, “elder brother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akaŋ/
- Rhymes: -akaŋ, -kaŋ, -aŋ
Noun
akang (first-person possessive akangku, second-person possessive akangmu, third-person possessive akangnya)
- (literally or figuratively, chiefly Banten and West Java) elder brother
Synonyms
Thesaurus:abang
Further reading
- “akang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
Variant of kakak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akaŋ/
- Rhymes: -akaŋ, -kaŋ, -aŋ
Noun
akang (Jawi spelling اکڠ, plural akang-akang, informal 1st possessive akangku, 2nd possessive akangmu, 3rd possessive akangnya)
- older sister
- (rare) older brother
- (rare) older sibling
Synonyms
- kakak
Sundanese
Romanization
akang
- Romanization of ᮃᮊᮀ