tiang

English

Etymology

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Noun

tiang (plural tiang)

  1. Synonym of korrigum
    • 2007 June 12, Carl Zimmer, “In Sudan, an Animal Migration to Rival Serengeti”, in New York Times‎:
      The white-eared kob were joined by hundreds of thousands of mongalla gazelles and tiang, a species of antelope.

Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

tiang

  1. Romanization of ᬢᬶᬬᬂ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tiang, from Classical Malay تياڠ (tiang), from Proto-Malayic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt̪i.aŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧ang

Noun

tiang (plural tiang-tiang, first-person possessive tiangku, second-person possessive tiangmu, third-person possessive tiangnya)

  1. mast; pole; tower; pile; pier; staff; pillar; post; peg; column
  2. main source; backbone

Derived terms
  • bertiang
  • tiang agama
  • tiang agung
  • tiang anemometer
  • tiang antena
  • tiang bendera
  • tiang cahaya matahari
  • tiang gantung
  • tiang jembatan
  • tiang kampung
  • tiang listrik
  • tiang muat
  • tiang pemegang
  • tiang penghidupan
  • tiang rumah
  • tiang sendi rumah
  • tiang seri
  • tiang telepon
  • tiang tengah
  • tiang topang

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ti.aŋ/
  • Rhymes: -iaŋ, -jaŋ, -aŋ

Noun

tiang (Jawi spelling تياڠ, plural tiang-tiang, informal 1st possessive tiangku, 2nd possessive tiangmu, 3rd possessive tiangnya)

  1. mast; pole; tower; pile; pier; staff; pillar; post; peg; column
  2. main source; backbone

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • bertiang [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: tiang

Further reading
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