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nang

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /næ?/
  • Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

Noun

nang (plural nangs)

  1. (Australia, slang) A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream.
    • 1996 March 5, Justin O'Brien, “how long before you peak on acid?”, alt.drugs, Usenet
      I reckon the thing that brings on a trip the quickest is definitly a nang (nitrous oxide bulb) while listening to REALLY intense music
    • 1998 October 18, “noise” from hello.net.au and start.net.au, “H ?”, alt.drugs.hard, Usenet
      "helicopters" these days refers to those silly hats with propellers on top, which come with a free ounce of smack at any local K-mart. Y'know, next to the nangs (or bulbs - nitrous oxide for whipped cream).

Etymology 2

Multicultural London English, from Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole nyanga, potentially from West African languages, such as Mende nyanga (ostentation; showing off) or Hausa yanga (boastfulness).

Adjective

nang (comparative more nang, superlative most nang)

  1. (Britain, slang, chiefly MLE) excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
Synonyms
  • fabulous, splendid; See also Thesaurus:excellent

Anagrams

  • Gann, Ngan

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

nang

  1. shrimp (decapod crustacean)

Chuukese

Noun

nang

  1. heaven

Jingpho

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-? (thou).

Pronoun

nang

  1. thou, you (singular)

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *na?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na? (thou). Cognates include Lashi nang and Burmese ??? (nang).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nã?/

Pronoun

nang

  1. thou, you (singular)

See also

References

  • R. Shafer (1944) , “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, issue 2, page 425
  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?[2], Payap University, page 44

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-? (thou).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na?/, [na???]

Pronoun

nang

  1. thou, you (singular)

References

  • Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language?[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 38
  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 40

Mandarin

Romanization

nang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of n?ng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of náng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of n?ng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of nàng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *na?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-? (thou).

Pronoun

nang

  1. thou, you (singular)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n??/
  • Rhymes: -a?

Conjunction

nang

  1. when, at the time of (referring to past events)
    Synonym: noong
  2. for, so that, in order to
    Synonyms: para, upang

Particle

nang

  1. combination of na and -ng; more; already
  2. used to connect adverbs of manner or degree to the word they modify
  3. used to connect repeated verbs

Usage notes

  • Nang is often confused with ng. According to the Manwal sa Masinop na Pagsulat (Manual to Careful Writing) by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language), nang is used only in the five definitions stated above and ng is used elsewhere. Nang is also confused with na'ng, the contraction of na and ang, wherein the apostrophe is often omitted.

See also

  • na
  • ng
  • na'ng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [na????]
  • (Hu?) IPA(key): [na????]
  • (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [na????]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.

Noun

nang

  1. follicle

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cây) nang

  1. (archaic) areca
    Synonym: cau


Yapese

Verb

nang

  1. to know

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nag

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?næ?/
  • (North American also) IPA(key): /ne??/, IPA(key): /n??/
  • Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From Middle English nagge, cognate with Dutch negge.

Noun

nag (plural nags)

  1. A small horse; a pony.
  2. An old, useless horse.
    Synonyms: (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) aver, dobbin, hack, jade, plug
  3. (obsolete, derogatory) A paramour.
    • 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, III. x. 11:
      Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!
Coordinate terms
  • (old useless horse): bum (racing)
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from a North Germanic source; compare Swedish nagga (to gnaw, grumble), Danish nage, Icelandic nagga (to complain).

Verb

nag (third-person singular simple present nags, present participle nagging, simple past and past participle nagged)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda! (From Amanda! by Robin Klein)
  1. To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
    The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
  2. To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
    a nagging pain in his left knee
    a nagging north wind
Synonyms
  • (continually remind or complain): ride
  • (bother with thoughts or memories): haunt
  • (persistently bother or annoy): worry
Derived terms
  • nag screen
  • nagware
Related terms
  • gnaw
Translations

Noun

nag (plural nags)

  1. Someone or something that nags.
  2. A repeated complaint or reminder.
  3. A persistent, bothersome thought or worry
Synonyms
  • (person who nags): See Thesaurus:shrew
Derived terms
  • nagless
Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

nag

  1. Misspelling of knack.

References

  • nag at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • nag in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • AGN, ANG, GAN, GNA, GaN, Gan, NGA, gan

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nacht (night), from Middle Dutch nacht, from Old Dutch naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na?/

Noun

nag (plural nagte)

  1. The period between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark; night.
  2. (countable) darkness.

Colán

Noun

nag

  1. moon

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?
  • Rhymes: -a??

Noun

nag n (singular definite naget, not used in plural form)

  1. grudge

Derived terms

  • bære nag

Verb

nag

  1. imperative of nage

Gaikundi

Noun

nag

  1. sago

Further reading

  • Gaikundi-Ontena Organised Phonology Data (2011)

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

nag

  1. singular imperative of nagen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of nagen

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nag?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (naked).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nâ??/

Adjective

n?g (definite n?g?, Cyrillic spelling ????)

  1. naked

Declension

Synonyms

  • g?l, g?

Derived terms

  • nág?st

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nag?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (naked).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ná?k/

Adjective

n?g (not comparable)

  1. naked

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

  • gòl (more formal)

Derived terms

  • nágost

Further reading

  • nag”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nek?e, a combination of Proto-Indo-European *ne (negative particle) and *-k?e (and); compare Latin neque.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na?/

Particle

nag

  1. not (in answers and tag questions)

Usage notes

Used before a vowel, but not when that vowel has resulted from the soft mutation of g. Thus na + gallan becomes na allan, not *nag allan.

Alternative forms

  • na (used before a consonant)

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na???/

Noun

nag

  1. rain

Derived terms

  • los nag

Wolof

Noun

nag (definite form nag wi)

  1. cow, cattle

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *na?k? (otter). Cognate with Thai ??? (nâak), Ahom ???????????? (nak).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /na?k?/
  • Tone numbers: nag8
  • Hyphenation: nag

Noun

nag (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography nag)

  1. otter
    Synonym: duznag

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