anghang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apheresis of /h/ from variant hanghang. Exact etymology is unknown but possibilities are:

  • From Central Proto-Philippine *haŋhaŋ
  • Reduplication of halang (“spiciness; pungence”) with elision of /l/.

Compare Pangasinan hanghang, Cebuano hang/halang, and Hiligaynon kahang.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaŋˈhaŋ/ [ʔɐŋˈhaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: ang‧hang

Noun

angháng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔)

  1. spiciness; hotness of flavor; sharpness in taste or smell
    Synonyms: (of taste) hanghang, (of smell) sangsang, (dialectal) halang, (Bataan) paras, (obsolete) askad
    Ang anghang naman!
    So spicy!
    (literally, “[That's] really the spice!”)
  2. pungency; piquancy

Derived terms

See also

Further reading
  • “anghang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*haŋhaŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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