"acang" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: /acaŋ/ Forms: [[#Malay|]] [Jawi], acang-acang [plural], acangku [first-person, informal, possessive], acangmu [possessive, second-person], acangnya [possessive, third-person]
Rhymes: -caŋ, -aŋ Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *acaŋ (“dove, pigeon”). The sense of "messenger" is probably from the use of domestic pigeons to send messages. Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*acaŋ|t=dove, pigeon}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *acaŋ (“dove, pigeon”) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=}} acang (Jawi spelling [[#Malay|]], plural acang-acang, informal 1st possessive acangku, 2nd possessive acangmu, 3rd possessive acangnya)
  1. (Brunei) pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae). Tags: Brunei
    Sense id: en-acang-ms-noun-FdtBVZPe Categories (other): Bruneian Malay
  2. a messenger, errand-boy. See acang-acang.
    Sense id: en-acang-ms-noun-t91hoS8o Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: merpati Derived forms: acang-acang
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        "2": "poz-pro",
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      },
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "[[#Malay|]]",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acang-acang",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acangku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acangmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acangnya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "j": ""
      },
      "expansion": "acang (Jawi spelling [[#Malay|]], plural acang-acang, informal 1st possessive acangku, 2nd possessive acangmu, 3rd possessive acangnya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae)."
      ],
      "id": "en-acang-ms-noun-FdtBVZPe",
      "links": [
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          "pigeon"
        ],
        [
          "Columbidae",
          "Columbidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brunei) pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brunei"
      ]
    },
    {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a messenger, errand-boy. See acang-acang."
      ],
      "id": "en-acang-ms-noun-t91hoS8o",
      "links": [
        [
          "messenger",
          "messenger"
        ],
        [
          "acang-acang",
          "acang-acang#Malay"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/acaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-caŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "merpati"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acang"
}
{
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    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay nouns",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/aŋ",
    "Rhymes:Malay/caŋ"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "acang-acang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *acaŋ (“dove, pigeon”).\nThe sense of \"messenger\" is probably from the use of domestic pigeons to send messages.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "[[#Malay|]]",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acang-acang",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acangku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acangmu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acangnya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "j": ""
      },
      "expansion": "acang (Jawi spelling [[#Malay|]], plural acang-acang, informal 1st possessive acangku, 2nd possessive acangmu, 3rd possessive acangnya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bruneian Malay"
      ],
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        "pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae)."
      ],
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        ],
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          "Columbidae#Translingual"
        ]
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        "(Brunei) pigeon (bird of the pigeon and dove family Columbidae)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brunei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a messenger, errand-boy. See acang-acang."
      ],
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        [
          "messenger",
          "messenger"
        ],
        [
          "acang-acang",
          "acang-acang#Malay"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/acaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-caŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "merpati"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acang"
}

Download raw JSONL data for acang meaning in Malay (1.8kB)

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