alang-alang

aláng-aláng

1. immature, inappropriate, inconvenient, unsuitable

Probably from Proto-Austronesian *alaŋ (“doubt, hesitation”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈalaŋ ˈalaŋ]

alang-alang (first-person possessive alang-alangku, second-person possessive alang-alangmu, third-person possessive alang-alangnya)

1. Imperata cylindrica

   Synonyms: ilalang, lalang, kusu-kusu

From Land Dayak, possibly related to Hiligaynon alang-alang (“immature”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaŋ-alaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *alaŋ-alaŋ (“insufficient, half-heartedly”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈalaŋ ˈalaŋ]

alang-alang (first-person possessive alang-alangku, second-person possessive alang-alangmu, third-person possessive alang-alangnya)

1. almost coming of age

   Synonym: usia tanggung

• “alang-alang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *alaŋ alaŋ.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʔalaŋ ˈʔalaŋ/ [ˌʔa.lɐŋ ˈʔa.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: a‧lang-a‧lang

alang-alang (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜅ᜔ᜀᜎᜅ᜔)

1. regard; respect; consideration

   Synonym: konsiderasyon

• “alang-alang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 9