siang
See also: Siang
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay siang, from Javanese ꦱꦶꦪꦁ (siyang), from Old Javanese siyaṅ (“daytime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.aŋ/
- Hyphenation: si‧ang
Noun
siang (first-person possessive siangku, second-person possessive siangmu, third-person possessive siangnya)
- daytime
- Antonym: malam
- Mereka bekerja siang dan malam. ― They work day and night.
- the time of the day towards noon until the end of the first half of the afternoon; the time of the day from around 11:00 until around 14:00
- Synonym: (rare) tengah hari
- Kamu mau makan apa siang ini? ― What do you want to eat this afternoon?
Derived terms
- kesiangan
- sesiangan
- siang-siang
- siang bolong
- siang hari
- siang malam
Derived terms
- bersiang
- disiangi
- mempersiang
- mempersiangi
- menyiang
- menyiangi
- penyiangan
Further reading
- “siang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tshji̯əŋ (“new”). Cognate with White Hmong tshiab and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] xanb.
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦪꦁ (siyang), from Old Javanese siyaṅ (“daytime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siaŋ/
Audio (MY) (file) - Rhymes: -aŋ
- Rhymes: -jaŋ
Noun
siang (Jawi spelling سياڠ, plural siang-siang, informal 1st possessive siangku, 2nd possessive siangmu, 3rd possessive siangnya)
Antonyms
Descendants
- Indonesian: siang
Verb
siang
- Act of removing fish scales and gills for cooking.
Further reading
- “siang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Thao
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