alamang
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Cebuano[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧la‧mang
Noun[edit]
alamang
- a preparation of fermented shrimp paste
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Northern Philippine *ajamaŋ (“tiny shrimp”). Compare Ilocano aramang and Pangasinan agamang.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈmaŋ/, [ʔɐ.lɐˈmaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- Syllabification: a‧la‧mang
Noun[edit]
alamáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋᜅ᜔)
- any of a number of species of small shrimp in the genus Acetes (used in bagoong production)
- Synonym: (Marinduque) balaw
- (figurative) insignificant person or thing; small fry