sinag
Dupaningan Agta edit
Noun edit
sinag
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (“ray of light”) (compare Fijian siga (“sun”), Malay sinar, Nias sino, Samoan masina (“moon”), and Tausug sinag (“brightness”)), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (“sun”) (compare Amis cidal (“sun”) and Sakizaya cilal (“sun”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: si‧nag
Noun edit
sinag (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)
- ray of light (from the sun, moon, stars, etc.)
- brightness; lucidity (of a light)
- Synonym: liwanag
- (religion) halo
- Synonym: halo
- representation of rays (in a drawing, painting, etc.)
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
sinág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)
- seen hazily (through a translucent object)
- Synonyms: aninag, naaaninag, nanganganinag
Noun edit
sinág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)
- looking at something through a translucent object (often with difficulty)
- Synonyms: aninag, pag-aninag
- condition of being seen hazily (through a translucent object)
Further reading edit
- “sinag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tausug edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ.
Noun edit
sinag