aling

aling

See also: Aling

Makasar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَالِم (ʕālim, scholar; learned person).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaliŋ/, [ˈa.lĩŋ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ling

Adjective

aling (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨗ)

  1. pious; religious; knowledgeable in religion

Noun

aling (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨗ)

  1. a pious person; a religious scholar

Derived terms

affixations

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Mapudungun

Noun

aling (Unified spelling)

  1. fever (high temperature)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From ale +‎ -ng.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔaliŋ/ [ˈʔaː.lɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aliŋ
  • Syllabification: a‧ling

Noun

aling (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

  1. term of address of an elder woman
Alternative forms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈliŋ/ [ʔɐˈlɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • Syllabification: a‧ling

Noun

alíng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. light touch on something
    Synonym: saling
See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈliŋ/ [ʔɐˈlɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • Syllabification: a‧ling

Noun

alíng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. Melanolepis multiglandulosa (a species of plant)
    Synonyms: alim, pakalkal

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