different between vang vs yang

English

Alternative forms

• fank, fang

Etymology 1

From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English f?n (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhan?, *fang?n? (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph??- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang.

Verb

vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) To take; undertake for.
2. (dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch vangen (“to catch”). Ultimately a doublet of etymology one.

Noun

vang (plural vangs)

1. (nautical) A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position

Hyponyms

• boom vang

Translations

Anagrams

• AVGN

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- (“to be bent, curved”). Cognate to Lithuanian vìngis (“bow, crooking”) and Old High German wankon (“to shake, totter, stagger”).

Noun

vang m

1. (b)rim, felloe

Related terms

• vëth

Derived terms

• vëngëroj
• vëngër

Danish

Noun

vang

1. a meadow; an uncultivated, grassy piece of land

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??/
• Hyphenation: vang
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From vangen.

Noun

vang f (plural vangen)

1. The brake wheel of a windmill, a brake.

Alternative forms

• vange (archaic)

Derived terms

• bandvang
• blokvang
• stutvang
• vangstok
• vangstuk
• vangtouw
• Vlaamse vang

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vang

1. first-person singular present indicative of vangen
2. imperative of vangen

Khumi Chin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vã?/

Noun

vang

1. village

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?^[1], Payap University, page 44

Mizo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v???/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

vang

1. scarce
2. rare

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• vàng

Noun

vang

1. cause
2. reason

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vangr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/

Noun

vang m (definite singular vangen, indefinite plural vangar, definite plural vangane)

1. a meadow, grassy area, grassy plain
   • 1868, Henrik Krohn, "Han Trond i Fjelli":

     […] fraa Hesten, som kneggjad til honom paa Vangen.

     […] from the horse, that neighed to him on the meadow.

References

• “vang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [va????]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [va????]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [va????] ~ [ja????]

Etymology 1

Verb

vang • (?)

1. to echo; to resound

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French vin.

Noun

vang

1. (colloquial) Short for r??u vang (“wine”).

Etymology 3

Noun

(classifier cây) vang • (????)

1. sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)

English

Etymology 1

From early romanizations of Chinese ??? (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings

Alternative forms

• Yang

Pronunciation

• enPR: y?ng, IPA^(key): /jæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

yang (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.

Related terms

• (complement): yin
• (unity): yin-yang
• MONOGRAM FOR YANG ?

Translations

Etymology 2

From Korean ? (?, yang, “yang, tael”). Doublet of liang.

Noun

yang (plural yangs)

1. The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun.

Etymology 3

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ?

Verb

yang (third-person singular simple present yangs, present participle yanging, simple past and past participle yanged)

1. (rare) To make the cry of the wild goose.

Noun

yang (plural yangs)

1. The cry of the wild goose; a honk.

Anagrams

• Nagy

French

Etymology

From Mandarin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j???/

Noun

yang m (uncountable)

1. yang

Further reading

• “yang” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay yang, from Classical Malay yang, from Old Malay [Term?].

Conjunction

yang

1. which ((relative) who, whom, what)

Pronoun

yang

1. one (impersonal pronoun)

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-ja? (“sheep, yak”). Cognates include Chinese ? (yáng, “sheep, goat, antelope”) and English yak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja?]

Noun

yang

1. sheep

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ia?/
• Rhymes: -ia?, -ja?, -a?

Etymology 1

From hiang, from Proto-Malayic *hia?, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hia?, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hia?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qia?.

Alternative forms

• hiang
• yang-yang
• ?????
• ???
• ????

Noun

yang (Jawi spelling ??, used only in the form yang-yang)

1. Alternative form of hiang

Synonyms

• tuhan / ?????
• dewa m / ????? m, dewi f / ????? f
• ilah / ????

Etymology 2

Conjunction

yang (Jawi spelling ???)

1. which ((relative) who, whom, what)

Pronoun

yang (Jawi spelling ???)

1. one (impersonal pronoun)

Mandarin

Romanization

yang

1. Nonstandard spelling of y?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of yáng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of y?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of yàng.

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.

Mato

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?j??]

Noun

yang

1. wind

References

• Phonological Descriptions of Papua New Guinea Languages (2005, SIL, edited by Steve Parker), section Mato (Nenaya, Nengaya, Nineia) Language, page 28: yang [?j??] 'wind'

Miskito

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja?/

Pronoun

yang

1. I

See also

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (yáng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j??]

Noun

yang

1. sheep

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun?^[3], University of Helsinki (PhD), ?ISBN