salang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *selaŋ. Compare Tagalog sihang.

• IPA^(key): /saˈlaŋ/, [saˈl̪aŋ]
• Hyphenation: sa‧lang

saláng (Basahan spelling ᜐᜎᜅ᜔)

1. (anatomy) jaw; jawbone

   Synonym: panga

From Proto-Malayic *saləŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saləŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *saləŋ (“pine tree, pitch pine”).

salang (Jawi spelling سالڠ, plural salang-salang, informal first-person possessive salangku, second-person possessive salangmu, third-person possessive salangnya)

1. resin (secretion of plants)
2. resin (viscous liquid of plant origin)

• damar (Malaysia, Singapore)

salang

1. soup

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /salaŋ/
• Rhymes: -alaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ

salang (Jawi spelling سالڠ, plural salang-salang, informal 1st possessive salangku, 2nd possessive salangmu, 3rd possessive salangnya)

1. (historical) a method of execution where a keris is impaled through the collarbone and into the heart, reserved for traitors.

salang (Jawi spelling سالڠ)

1. to execute by the keris

• Indonesian: salang

• “salang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsalaŋ/ [ˈsa.lɐŋ] (“thing being cooked; (act of) putting on the fire when cooking; (act of) putting into a tough situation”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -alaŋ
  • IPA^(key): /saˈlaŋ/ [sɐˈlaŋ] (“very light touch; unintentional mention”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: sa‧lang

salang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜅ᜔)

1. something being cooked on a pot, casserole, etc. (on a fire or stove)
2. act of putting a pot, casserole, etc. on a fire or stove (in cooking)

   Synonyms: pagsasalang, sigang, pagsisigang

3. (figuratively, by extension) act of putting something or someone into a tough situation

saláng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜅ᜔)

1. very light touch (with a finger or hand)

   Synonyms: hipo, paghipo, pagsalang, saling, aling

2. (figurative) unintentional mention or reference (to something bitter, hurtful to someone, or something better forgotten)

   Synonyms: pagsalang, saling, ungkat, pag-ungkat

• “salang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018