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

From Proto-Tungusic *ilan. Cognate with Evenki илан (ilan), Manchu ᡳᠯᠠᠨ (ilan).

• IPA^(key): /ilaŋ/

ilang

1. three

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈlaŋ/, [ʔɪˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: 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” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “ilang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • 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”