mang
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.
Noun
mang
- (nonstandard) Alternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)
Etymology 2
From Middle English mang, mangis, imang, emang, variants of Middle English on mang, in mange, from Old English on ġemang. More at among.
Preposition
mang
Etymology 3
From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.
Verb
mang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)
- (Devon) To mix.
- It's all manged up together.
- 1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim and Nell, page 25:
- Hagegy Bess; wi' zich, I reckon,
Ha now delight'h vor mang.
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mang- (“to want, beg”). Compare Sanskrit mārg-, मार्ग् (“to seek, ask for”).
Verb
mang (third-person singular simple present mangs, present participle manging, simple past and past participle manged)
- (slang, dated, rare, transative, intransitive) To beg; to beg for money.
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Afrikaans
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
mang (uncountable)
Verb
mang (present mang, present participle mangende, past participle gemang)
- (Cape Afrikaans, intransitive) to be in prison, to do time
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Yola
Zhuang
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