halang

• hang

Compare Bikol Central harang.

• Hyphenation: ha‧lang
• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈhalaŋ/, [ˈha.l̪ʌŋ]

hálang (Badlit spelling ᜑᜎᜅ᜔)

1. hot; pungent; spicy
2. (slang) expensive

   Synonym: mahal

Borrowed from Cebuano halang.

• Hyphenation: ha‧lang
• IPA^(key): /ˈhalaŋ/, [ˈha.laŋ]

hálang

1. spicy, pungent, biting (of taste)

   Synonym: kahang

From Malay halang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (“obstruct, lie across or athwart”). Doublet of alang. Compare Tagalog harang.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhalaŋ]
• Hyphenation: ha‧lang

halang

1. to hinder, to impede.

   Synonyms: lintang, rintang

• “halang” 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.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (“obstruct, lie across or athwart”). Compare Tagalog harang.

• IPA^(key): /halaŋ/
• Rhymes: -alaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ

halang (Jawi spelling هالڠ)

1. to hinder, to impede, to block.

   Dinding banjir tidak berjaya menghalang air yang semakin meningkat parasnya.

   The flood wall didn't succeed in blocking the rising water.

• Indonesian: halang

• “halang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Possibly from Malay halang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (“obstruct, lie across or athwart”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈhalaŋ/ [ˈha.lɐŋ] (“obstacle; clog; temporary screen; separating object; seine; substitute; substitution; spiciness”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -alaŋ
  • IPA^(key): /haˈlaŋ/ [hɐˈlaŋ] (“tranverse; savage”, adjective; “woven multicolor fabric”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ha‧lang

halang (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜅ᜔)

1. obstacle; barrier (object)

   Synonyms: hadlang, harang, balakid, sagabal, sagwil

2. clog

   Synonym: bara

3. temporary screen; temporary partition

   Synonym: tabing

4. object placed to separate two things

   Synonym: pagitan

5. encircling gill net or drag seine fishing gear
6. (architecture) crosspiece

   Synonym: krusada

7. (dialectal, Batangas) substitute; alternate

   Synonyms: kahalili, kapalit

8. (dialectal, Batangas) substitution

   Synonyms: halili, paghalili

9. (now dialectal, Quezon, Mindoro) spiciness

   Synonyms: anghang, hanghang

• lambat

haláng (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜅ᜔)

1. passing; transverse; traverse; extending across

   Synonyms: pahalang, nakahalang

2. merciless; savage; heartless

haláng (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜅ᜔) (art, obsolete)

1. woven fabric of different colors

• “halang” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “halang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qalaŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary