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)

  1. daytime
    Antonym: malam
    Mereka bekerja siang dan malam.They work day and night.
  2. 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

Adjective

siang

  1. clear
    Synonyms: bersih, terang

Derived terms

  • bersiang
  • disiangi
  • mempersiang
  • mempersiangi
  • menyiang
  • menyiangi
  • penyiangan

Further reading

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tshji̯əŋ (new). Cognate with White Hmong tshiab and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] xanb.

Adjective

siang 

  1. new

Javanese

Romanization

siang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of siyang., romanization of ꦱꦶꦪꦁ.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦪꦁ (siyang), from Old Javanese siyaṅ (daytime).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siaŋ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Rhymes: -jaŋ

Noun

siang (Jawi spelling سياڠ, plural siang-siang, informal 1st possessive siangku, 2nd possessive siangmu, 3rd possessive siangnya)

  1. daytime

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: siang

Verb

siang

  1. Act of removing fish scales and gills for cooking.

Further reading

Thao

Noun

siang

  1. wound
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