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hang

See also: Hang, háng, hàng, Háng, hāng, häng, hǎng, and hạng

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English hangen, hongen, from a fusion of Old English hōn (“to hang, be hanging”, transitive verb) and hangian (“to hang, cause to hang”, intransitive verb), from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han and *hangēn; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja (“to suspend”) and hanga (“to be suspended”); all from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną, *hangāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to waver, be in suspense”).

See also Dutch hangen, Low German hangen and hängen, German hängen, Norwegian Bokmål henge, Norwegian Nynorsk henga; also Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (hāhan), Hittite 𒂵𒀀𒀭𒂵 (/⁠kānk-⁠/, “to hang”), Sanskrit शङ्कते (śáṅkate, “is in doubt, hesitates”), Latin cūnctārī (“to delay”).

Verb

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hang (third-person singular simple present hangs, present participle hanging, simple past and past participle hung or (law) hanged)

  1. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
    The lights hung from the ceiling.
    • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0111:
      On the dark-green walls hung a series of eight engravings, portraits of early Victorian belles, clad in lace and tarletan ball dresses, clipped from an old Book of Beauty. Mrs. Bunting was very fond of these pictures; she thought they gave the drawing-room a note of elegance and refinement.
  2. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
    The smoke hung in the room.
    • 2023 September 20, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: And it's goodbye from me...”, in RAIL, number 992, page 3:
      It was a couple of days after the crash, with the smell of burning still hanging in the air from the incinerated wreckage of Coach H, where 31 passengers lost their lives, when I visited the West London site.
  3. (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
    • 1979, New South Wales law reports, page 16:
      The jockey claimed that the horse hung towards the outside
  4. (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
  5. (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
    He hung his head in shame.
  6. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
    Hang those lights from the ceiling.
    to hang a door
  7. (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
    The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      ' […]  There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—'
    • 2022 March 10, Peter Lucas, “Lucas: Putin has blood on his hands and The Hague must make him pay”, in Boston Herald‎[1], archived from the original on 6 August 2022:
      As things go from bad to worse for Putin in his maniacal, murderous attack on Ukraine, he could end up like Milosevic, or worse. The court could change its rules and hang him, the way the Allies hanged Nazi war criminals at the end of World War II.
  8. (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
    You will hang for this, my friend.
  9. (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
  10. (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
    Synonym: hang out
    I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging.
    • 2006, Scuba Diving, numbers 1-6, page 49:
      He banned spearfishing wherever he could, started the first eco-moorings in the Caribbean, stopped others from coral- and shell-collecting, and had so much fun 24/7 that some unusually powerful people began to hang with him.
  11. (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
  12. (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
    Let's hang this cute animal design in the nursery.
  13. (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
    Let's hang the nursery with some new wallpaper.
  14. (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
    • 1895 May 7, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter X, in The Time Machine: An Invention, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC:
      Exploring, I found another short gallery running transversely to the first. This appeared to be devoted to minerals, and the sight of a block of sulphur set my mind running on gunpowder. But I could find no saltpeter; indeed no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago. Yet the sulphur hung in my mind and set up a train of thinking.
  15. (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
    One obstinate juror can hang a jury.
  16. (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
    The computer has hung again. Not even pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> works.
    When I push this button the program hangs.
  17. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
    The program has a bug that can hang the system.
  18. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
    If you move there, you'll hang your rook.
  19. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
    In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs.
  20. (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
    • 2010, Peter Golenbock, Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949-1964, →ISBN, page 409:
      McDougald then singled, and with a 3-2 count on Ellie Howard who was playing first base, Spahn hung a curve ball and Howard hit it over the wire fence in left field for a 4-4 tie.
  21. (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
    • 1848, The American Pulpit, volume 3, page 120:
      There were no whisperings, even from his opponents, that he was no better than he ought to be. Because, there was nothing wrong on which to hang a charge. As an eloquent orator, he carried with him the firm support of a good name.
    • 1989, Faith Sullivan, The Cape Ann, Penguin, published 1989, →ISBN, page 2:
      Papa had wanted to call me Beverly Mary; Mary after the Blessed Virgin. Mama said she wouldn't hang a name like Beverly Mary on a pet skunk.
Usage notes
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  • Formerly, at least until the 16th century, the past tense of the transitive use of hang was hanged (see quote from King James Bible, above). This form is retained for the legal senses “to be executed by suspension from the neck” and “to execute by suspension from the neck”, with hung used for all other meanings. hung is sometimes also used in the legal senses, but is proscribed in legal or other formal writing (for those senses). Rarely, hanged is used for non-legal senses as well, which is also proscribed. Either hanged or hung can be used for suicidal hangings, with hung being slightly more common. See also the etymology.
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Noun

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hang (plural hangs)

  1. The way in which something hangs.
    This skirt has a nice hang.
  2. A mass of hanging material.
    • 2014, Matthew Jobin, The Nethergrim, volume 1:
      They advanced in a crouch, dropping to their knees every few yards to pass under a hang of rock.
    • 1911, Alexander MacDonald, The Invisible Island: A Story of the Far North of Queensland, page 105:
      “I don't see the hang of so much talky-talky,” broke in Uncle Sam. “We've heard all that can be said about things, […]
  3. A slackening of motion.
  4. A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
  5. (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
    We sometimes get system hangs.
  6. (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
  7. (colloquial)
    1. The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
      I don't give a hang.
      They don't seem to care a hang about the consequences.
    2. A hangout.
      • 2008, Jim Norton, Happy Endings, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 25:
        My first day was a fun hang, but I didn't really do too much. Me and stupid Bob just hung around the casino looking at box and losing money.
      • 2021 April 14, Jen Kirsch, “A Good Hang Lasts No More Than 90 Minutes”, in InStyle‎[2], archived from the original on 21 October 2022:
        So how can you set up a hang within a 90-minute time-frame for yourself? Be clear with your friends about timing from the get-go, so they, too, can decide if it's worth their time to even meet up.
      • 2021 October 27, Danielle McTaggart (quoted), Chelsea Brimstin, “Dear Rouge share sentimental video for delicate new single 'Life Goes By And I Can’t Keep Up'”, in Indie88‎[3]:
        He invited us over to his beautiful heritage home in downtown Toronto for a hang.
    4. A person that someone hangs out with.
      • 2004, Relient K, Mark Nichols, The Complex Infrastructure Known as the Female Mind, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 76:
        She might announce something to everyone that makes no sense or tells a story that rambles on and on and makes no point. But for some reason nobody seems to mind. We all just like to listen to The Airhead. She's a fun hang.
      • 2018 July 18, Joe Coscarelli, “How Benny Blanco Became the Most Popular Oddball in Pop Music”, in New York Times‎[4]:
        "I couldn't sit down and play a concert for you or really wow you on any instrument," Mr. Blanco said, estimating that "like 75 percent" of his success comes from being a good hang. "What I can do is meet an artist, know what type of song I think we should make and be their therapist, make everyone feel comfortable."
      • 2019, Shea Serrano, Arturo Torres, Movies (And Other Things), Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:
        And maaaaaaaybe Superman would be a good hang, though I suspect that'd be a lot like hanging out with a youth pastor.
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Etymology 2

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From hang sangwich, Irish colloquial pronunciation of ham sandwich.

Noun

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hang (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.

Etymology 3

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hang

  1. Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”)

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Afrikaans

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch hangen, a merger of Middle Dutch hangen and haen.

Verb

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hang (present hang, present participle hangende, past participle gehang)

  1. (transitive and intransitive) to hang
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  • hang af (van) (“to depend (on)”)

Etymology 2

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From Dutch hang.

Noun

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hang (plural hange)

  1. slope
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Bahnar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central Bahnaric *haːŋ, from Chamic. Compare Eastern Cham ꨨꩃ (hang).

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hang 

  1. bank, shore

Cebuano

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háng (Badlit spelling ᜑᜅ᜔)

  1. (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) Alternative form of halang

Chinese

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Etymology

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From English hang.

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hang

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for hang機／hang机 (heng1 gei1).

Danish

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈhɑŋˀ]

Etymology 1

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From German Hang, a noun derived from the verb hangen (see hängen (“to hang”)).

Noun

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hang c (singular definite hangen, not used in plural form)

  1. inclination or disposition towards something
    Manden har hang til raseri.
    The man is disposed towards rage.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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hang

  1. past tense of hænge

Dutch

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hang c (plural hangen, diminutive hangetje n)

  1. a support for hanging objects, such as a nail for a picture frame
  2. a place to dry or smoke produce
  3. a tendency, knack
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hang

  1. inflection of hangen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Estonian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Finnic *hanko. Related to Finnish hanko.

Noun

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hang (genitive hangu, partitive hangu)

  1. fork
Declension
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Declension of hang (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative hang hangud
accusative nom.
gen. hangu
genitive hangude
partitive hangu hange
hangusid
illative hangu
hangusse 		hangudesse
hangesse
inessive hangus hangudes
hanges
elative hangust hangudest
hangest
allative hangule hangudele
hangele
adessive hangul hangudel
hangel
ablative hangult hangudelt
hangelt
translative hanguks hangudeks
hangeks
terminative hanguni hangudeni
essive hanguna hangudena
abessive hanguta hangudeta
comitative hanguga hangudega

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Finnic *hanki.

Noun

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hang (genitive hange, partitive hange)

  1. snowdrift; blanket of snow
Declension
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Declension of hang (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative hang hanged
accusative nom.
gen. hange
genitive hangede
partitive hange hangi
hangesid
illative hange
hangesse 		hangedesse
hangisse
inessive hanges hangedes
hangis
elative hangest hangedest
hangist
allative hangele hangedele
hangile
adessive hangel hangedel
hangil
ablative hangelt hangedelt
hangilt
translative hangeks hangedeks
hangiks
terminative hangeni hangedeni
essive hangena hangedena
abessive hangeta hangedeta
comitative hangega hangedega

Further reading

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  • “hang”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an unattested stem with the suffix -g.

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Noun

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hang (plural hangok)

  1. voice
    felemeli a hangját ― to raise one's voice
  2. sound
    lépések hangja ― the sound of footsteps

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hang hangok
accusative hangot hangokat
dative hangnak hangoknak
instrumental hanggal hangokkal
causal-final hangért hangokért
translative hanggá hangokká
terminative hangig hangokig
essive-formal hangként hangokként
essive-modal — —
inessive hangban hangokban
superessive hangon hangokon
adessive hangnál hangoknál
illative hangba hangokba
sublative hangra hangokra
allative hanghoz hangokhoz
elative hangból hangokból
delative hangról hangokról
ablative hangtól hangoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		hangé hangoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		hangéi hangokéi
Possessive forms of hang
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hangom hangjaim
2nd person sing. hangod hangjaid
3rd person sing. hangja hangjai
1st person plural hangunk hangjaink
2nd person plural hangotok hangjaitok
3rd person plural hangjuk hangjaik

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Further reading

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  • hang in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay هڠ (hang),

Pronoun

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hang

  1. (archaic) male pronoun

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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hang (plural hang-hang, first-person possessive hangku, second-person possessive hangmu, third-person possessive hangnya)

  1. (archaic) hunter's shelter

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hang f

  1. h-prothesized form of ang

Italian

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hang m (invariable)

  1. (music) Hang

Malay

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Etymology 1

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Doublet of engkau.

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hang (Jawi spelling هڠ)

  1. (informal, Kedah, Penang, Perlis) The person being spoken to; you.

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Malay personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person standard saya／ساي
aku／اکو, ku-／كو- (informal/towards God)
-ku／-كو (informal possessive)
hamba／همبا (dated) 		kami／کامي (exclusive)
kita orang／كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive)
kita／کيت (inclusive)
royal beta／بيتا
2nd person standard kamu／کامو
anda／اندا (formal)
engkau／اڠکاو, kau-／كاو- (informal/towards God)
awak／اوق (friendly/older towards younger)
-mu／-مو (possessive) 		awak semua／اوق سموا
kamu semua／كامو سموا
kalian／کالين (informal)
kau orang／كاو اورڠ (informal)
royal tuanku／توانكو
3rd person standard dia／دي
ia／اي
beliau／بلياو (honorific)
-nya／-ڽ (possessive) 		mereka／مريک
dia orang／دي اورڠ (informal)
royal baginda／بݢيندا

Etymology 2

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

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hang (Jawi spelling هڠ)

  1. (Kedah) Hiding place of a hunter from a wild animal.
    Synonym: ran

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Mandarin

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hang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of hāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of háng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of hàng.

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Muong

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Vietic *haːŋ. Cognate with Vietnamese hang.

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hang

  1. (Mường Bi) cave

Etymology 2

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

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hang

  1. (Mường Bi) roasted

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hang

  1. (Mường Bi) to roast

Etymology 3

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

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hang

  1. (Mường Bi) boiled

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  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎[5], Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Norwegian Bokmål

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hang

  1. (intransitive) simple past of henge

Norwegian Nynorsk

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hang

  1. past of henga

Tày

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *trwɤːŋᴬ. Cognate with Thai หาง (hǎang), Northern Thai ᩉᩣ᩠ᨦ, Lao ຫາງ (hāng), Lü ᦠᦱᧂ (ḣaang), Tai Dam ꪬꪱꪉ, Shan ႁၢင် (hǎang), Tai Nüa ᥞᥣᥒᥴ (háang), Ahom 𑜍𑜂𑜫 (raṅ), Zhuang rieng or riengz, Bouyei riangl.

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hang (𭯢)

  1. tail

Etymology 2

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

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hang

  1. to cook; to fry

References

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  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt‎[6][7] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Ternate

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hang

  1. not yet

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.

Tho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *haːŋ. Cognate with Vietnamese hang, Muong hang.

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IPA(key): /haːŋ¹/

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hang

  1. (Cuối Chăm) cave

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *haːŋ (“cave”). Possibly related to the word reconstructed as Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaaŋ (“to open”) by Shorto (2006).

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(classifier cái) hang • (𡎟, 馨, 𧯄, 𧯅, 𥧎)

  1. cave
    Synonym: động
  2. den

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  • There seems to be little consistency on which between hang or động would be used in cave names (for examples, hang Sơn Đoòng, but động Phong Nha). In some cases, both can be seen used. In translation of foreign cave names, hang seems to be universally used and not động.

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Etymology

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Compare English hang.

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hang

  1. A person that someone hangs out with.

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  • ung (“hung”)

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 42
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