"abang" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: /abaŋ/ Forms: ابڠ [Jawi], abang-abang [plural], abangku [first-person, informal, possessive], abangmu [possessive, second-person], abangnya [possessive, third-person]
Rhymes: -abaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ Etymology: From Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Old Malay habaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba + *-ŋ), *aba (“father”). Etymology templates: {{inh|id|ms-cla|ابڠ|tr=abang}} Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), {{inh|id|ms-old|habaŋ}} Old Malay habaŋ, {{inh|ms|map-pro|*abaŋ|}} Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ, {{suffix|map-pro|*aba|*-ŋ|nocat=1}} *aba + *-ŋ, {{m|map-pro|*aba|t=father}} *aba (“father”) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=ابڠ}} abang (Jawi spelling ابڠ, plural abang-abang, informal 1st possessive abangku, 2nd possessive abangmu, 3rd possessive abangnya)
  1. elder brother (male sibling). Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-abang-ms-noun-iTQ08JSC Disambiguation of Family: 77 21 1
  2. a form of address to a male that a little older than oneself, but sometimes also to an elder son.
    Sense id: en-abang-ms-noun-AUkU133K
  3. a form of address used by a wife to a husband.
    Sense id: en-abang-ms-noun-8sAQrfCs Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 8 37 55 Disambiguation of Malay terms with redundant script codes: 13 37 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bang, bung, awang Related terms: kakak, engko, nana, uda

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "awang"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "abang"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: abang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: abang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nan",
            "2": "阿班",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "a-pan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Min Nan: 阿班 (a-pan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Min Nan: 阿班 (a-pan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "บัง",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: บัง (bang)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: บัง (bang)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "ms-cla",
        "3": "ابڠ",
        "tr": "abang"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Malay ابڠ (abang)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "ms-old",
        "3": "habaŋ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Malay habaŋ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*abaŋ",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "map-pro",
        "2": "*aba",
        "3": "*-ŋ",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "*aba + *-ŋ",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "map-pro",
        "2": "*aba",
        "t": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "*aba (“father”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Old Malay habaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba + *-ŋ), *aba (“father”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ابڠ",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abang-abang",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abangku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abangmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abangnya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "ابڠ"
      },
      "expansion": "abang (Jawi spelling ابڠ, plural abang-abang, informal 1st possessive abangku, 2nd possessive abangmu, 3rd possessive abangnya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kakak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "engko"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uda"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "77 21 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "ms:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elder brother (male sibling)."
      ],
      "id": "en-abang-ms-noun-iTQ08JSC",
      "links": [
        [
          "brother",
          "brother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a form of address to a male that a little older than oneself, but sometimes also to an elder son."
      ],
      "id": "en-abang-ms-noun-AUkU133K",
      "links": [
        [
          "address",
          "address"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 37 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 37 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a form of address used by a wife to a husband."
      ],
      "id": "en-abang-ms-noun-8sAQrfCs",
      "links": [
        [
          "address",
          "address"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/abaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abaŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-baŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abang"
}
{
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    "Malay 2-syllable words",
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay nouns",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Malay terms with audio links",
    "Malay terms with redundant script codes",
    "Rhymes:Malay/abaŋ",
    "Rhymes:Malay/aŋ",
    "Rhymes:Malay/baŋ",
    "ms:Family"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bang"
    },
    {
      "word": "bung"
    },
    {
      "word": "awang"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "abang"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: abang",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: abang"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nan",
            "2": "阿班",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "a-pan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Min Nan: 阿班 (a-pan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Min Nan: 阿班 (a-pan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "บัง",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: บัง (bang)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: บัง (bang)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "ms-cla",
        "3": "ابڠ",
        "tr": "abang"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Malay ابڠ (abang)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "ms-old",
        "3": "habaŋ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Malay habaŋ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*abaŋ",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "map-pro",
        "2": "*aba",
        "3": "*-ŋ",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "*aba + *-ŋ",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "map-pro",
        "2": "*aba",
        "t": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "*aba (“father”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Old Malay habaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba + *-ŋ), *aba (“father”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ابڠ",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abang-abang",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abangku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abangmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abangnya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "ابڠ"
      },
      "expansion": "abang (Jawi spelling ابڠ, plural abang-abang, informal 1st possessive abangku, 2nd possessive abangmu, 3rd possessive abangnya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kakak"
    },
    {
      "word": "engko"
    },
    {
      "word": "nana"
    },
    {
      "word": "uda"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elder brother (male sibling)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brother",
          "brother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a form of address to a male that a little older than oneself, but sometimes also to an elder son."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "address",
          "address"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a form of address used by a wife to a husband."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "address",
          "address"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/abaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abaŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-baŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abang"
}

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