alamang

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧mang

Noun

alamang

  1. a preparation of fermented shrimp paste

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Ilocano aramang and Pangasinan agamang.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧mang
  • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈmaŋ/, [ʔɐ.lɐˈmaŋ]

Noun

alamáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋᜅ᜔)

  1. any of a number of species of small shrimp in the genus Acetes (used in bagoong production)
    Synonym: (Marinduque) balaw
  2. (figurative) insignificant person or thing; small fry

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “alamang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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