"ang" meaning in Tagalog

See ang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Article

IPA: /ʔaŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ʔɐŋ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜀᜅ᜔ [Baybayin], 'ng [alternative]
Rhymes: -aŋ Etymology: From Proto-Central Philippine *aŋ. Cognate with Bikol Central an, Cebuano ang, Hiligaynon ang, Waray-Waray an. See also Kapampangan ing and Tausug in. Etymology templates: {{cog|bcl|an}} Bikol Central an, {{cog|ceb|ang}} Cebuano ang, {{cog|hil|ang}} Hiligaynon ang, {{cog|war|an}} Waray-Waray an, {{cog|pam|ing}} Kapampangan ing, {{cog|tsg|in}} Tausug in Head templates: {{tl-head|article|b=+}} ang (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔)
  1. direct marker for all nouns other than personal proper nouns
    Sense id: en-ang-tl-article-ljOd87Yq Categories (other): Tagalog articles, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of Tagalog articles: 51 49 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 78 22 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 71 29
  2. used with a quality for emphasis and to give it an adjectival meaning Synonyms: bang, dang, budang
    Sense id: en-ang-tl-article-HZ0dTJeh Categories (other): Tagalog articles, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog articles: 51 49 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: am-, an-, ng, sa, ang mga, ng mga, sa mga, si, ni, kay, sina, nina, kina

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bcl",
        "2": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Bikol Central an",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ceb",
        "2": "ang"
      },
      "expansion": "Cebuano ang",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hil",
        "2": "ang"
      },
      "expansion": "Hiligaynon ang",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "war",
        "2": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Waray-Waray an",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pam",
        "2": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "Kapampangan ing",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tsg",
        "2": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Tausug in",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Philippine *aŋ. Cognate with Bikol Central an, Cebuano ang, Hiligaynon ang, Waray-Waray an. See also Kapampangan ing and Tausug in.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜀᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'ng",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "article",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "ang (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ang"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "article",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "am-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "an-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ng"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ang mga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ng mga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sa mga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "si"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kina"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog articles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tagalog translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The man ran.",
          "text": "Tumakbo ang lalaki.",
          "translation": "The man ran.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The cat ate the fish.",
          "text": "Kinain ng pusa ang isda.",
          "translation": "The cat ate the fish.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              4
            ],
            [
              6,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "(The) lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky.",
          "text": "Ang kidlat ay gumuguhit ng mga ugat sa taniman ng langit.",
          "translation": "(The) lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "direct marker for all nouns other than personal proper nouns"
      ],
      "id": "en-ang-tl-article-ljOd87Yq"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog articles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How pretty!",
          "literal_meaning": "The beauty!",
          "text": "Ang ganda!",
          "translation": "How pretty!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How audacious!",
          "literal_meaning": "The audacity!",
          "text": "Ang tapang!",
          "translation": "How audacious!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used with a quality for emphasis and to give it an adjectival meaning"
      ],
      "id": "en-ang-tl-article-HZ0dTJeh",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bang"
        },
        {
          "word": "dang"
        },
        {
          "word": "budang"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɐŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Ang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ang"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 19 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋ",
    "Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋ/1 syllable",
    "Tagalog 1-syllable words",
    "Tagalog articles",
    "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with homophones",
    "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "vi:Containers",
    "vi:Units of measure"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bcl",
        "2": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Bikol Central an",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ceb",
        "2": "ang"
      },
      "expansion": "Cebuano ang",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hil",
        "2": "ang"
      },
      "expansion": "Hiligaynon ang",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "war",
        "2": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Waray-Waray an",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pam",
        "2": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "Kapampangan ing",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tsg",
        "2": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Tausug in",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Philippine *aŋ. Cognate with Bikol Central an, Cebuano ang, Hiligaynon ang, Waray-Waray an. See also Kapampangan ing and Tausug in.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜀᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'ng",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "article",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "ang (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ang"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "article",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "am-"
    },
    {
      "word": "an-"
    },
    {
      "word": "ng"
    },
    {
      "word": "sa"
    },
    {
      "word": "ang mga"
    },
    {
      "word": "ng mga"
    },
    {
      "word": "sa mga"
    },
    {
      "word": "si"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni"
    },
    {
      "word": "kay"
    },
    {
      "word": "sina"
    },
    {
      "word": "nina"
    },
    {
      "word": "kina"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tagalog terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The man ran.",
          "text": "Tumakbo ang lalaki.",
          "translation": "The man ran.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The cat ate the fish.",
          "text": "Kinain ng pusa ang isda.",
          "translation": "The cat ate the fish.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              4
            ],
            [
              6,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "(The) lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky.",
          "text": "Ang kidlat ay gumuguhit ng mga ugat sa taniman ng langit.",
          "translation": "(The) lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "direct marker for all nouns other than personal proper nouns"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tagalog terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How pretty!",
          "literal_meaning": "The beauty!",
          "text": "Ang ganda!",
          "translation": "How pretty!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How audacious!",
          "literal_meaning": "The audacity!",
          "text": "Ang tapang!",
          "translation": "How audacious!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used with a quality for emphasis and to give it an adjectival meaning"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bang"
        },
        {
          "word": "dang"
        },
        {
          "word": "budang"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɐŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Ang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ang"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ang meaning in Tagalog (3.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.