muang
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng),Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang) etc.
Noun
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- Alternative form of mueang
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- mouang — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- muwang — common
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mu‧ang
- IPA(key): /muˈʔaŋ/, [mʊˈʔaŋ] (archaic)
- IPA(key): /muˈaŋ/, [ˈmwaŋ]
Noun
muáng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜀᜅ᜔)
- knowledge; understanding; intelligence (usually in the negative)
- 1994, Al O. Santiago, Sining ng pagsasaling-wika: sa Filipino mula sa Ingles, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 198:
- Gaya ng nabanggit na, imposibleng makapagsalin ng tula ang isang walang muwang kahit man lamang sa "rudiments of poetry".
- Like the one mentioned, one who lacks knowledge cannot translate a poem, even the "rudiments of poetry".
Derived terms
- kamuangan
- kinamuangan
- walang-kamuang-muang
- walang-kinamuangan
- walang-muang
Further reading
- “muang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
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