ilang

From Classical Malay هيلڠ (hilang) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qilaŋ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.laŋ/

ilang

1. (stative) to be lost
2. (intransitive) to become lost, to disappear, to lose

   de gigi ilang spanggal ― it bit (and) a part/piece disappeared

   kita nafsu makang ilang ― I lost my desire to eat (appetite)

• Betty Litamahuputty (2012), Ternate Malay: Grammar and Texts

• Hyphenation: i‧lang
• IPA^(key): /ˈilaŋ/, [ˈɪ.laŋ]

iláng

1. tower

ilang

1. a female given name

Inherited from Proto-Tungusic *ilan (“three”). Cognate with Evenki илан (ilan), Manchu ᡳᠯᠠᠨ (ilan).

• IPA^(key): /i.lɐ̃/
• Hyphenation: i‧lang

ilang

1. three

• ilañg, ilang̃, ilan͠g — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• ylang — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qəlaŋ (“intervening space”). Compare Kapampangan alang, Agutaynen elang, Central Bikol ulang, Cebuano ulang, and Western Bukidnon Manobo elang. See also Malay hilang.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈlaŋ/ [ʔɪˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: i‧lang

iláng (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜅ᜔)

1. desert

   Synonym: desyerto

2. isolated, unfrequented place; wilderness

   Synonyms: kabulusan, hawan

3. wide, open space or field

   Synonyms: parang, kaparangan

4. (obsolete) hindrance; disturbance

   Synonyms: hadlang, sagabal, abala, gambala, estorbo

5. (obsolete) act of dividing something into parts

   Synonym: paghati

6. (obsolete) act of tarnishing gold with a mixture (such as by submerging it in saltwater)

iláng (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜅ᜔)

1. isolated; unfrequented (of a place)

   Synonym: liblib

2. (colloquial) feeling awkward, uncomfortable, or out of place
3. (obsolete) lacking of; in need of; deprived of

   Synonyms: salat, kapos

• ilang-ilang

• “ilang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “ilang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 238: “Deſierto) Ilang [(pc)] o [lugar apartado] de poblado”
  • page 258: “Diuidir) Ilang (pc) algo en partes”
  • page 314: “Eſtoruar) Ilang (pc) a alguno”
  • page 449: “Ocupar) Ylang (pc) eſtoruando a otro”
  • page 666: “Yermo) Ilang (pc) deſpoblado donde nayde hauita”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qelaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• Aling, laing, linga, Linga, angil, aling