stâng

From a Vulgar Latin root *stancus, from a contraction of Vulgar Latin *stānticus (“tired”), from Latin stāns, stantis. Compare Aromanian stãngu, also Old Italian mano stanca (“left hand”); cf. also the etymology of Italian manco (“left; originally 'maimed', 'faulty' 'imperfect'”).

Dan Ungureanu proposes an early borrowing from Germanic (compare dialectal German tenck).

• IPA^(key): /stɨŋɡ/

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stâng m or n (feminine singular stângă, plural stângi)

1. left (direction)

   Antonym: drept

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