timbang

English

Noun

timbang (plural timbangs)

1. (historical) A unit of weight formerly used in parts of Asia, having different values in different regions.

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Verb

tímbang

1. to balance
2. to equate
3. to partner; to pair

Derived terms

• katimbang
• panimbang
• panimbangan

 

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /timˈbaŋ/, [timˈbaŋ]
• Hyphenation: tim‧bang

Adjective

timbáng (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. balanced; equal in weight

   Synonym: balanse

2. opposite

   Synonym: hampang

Noun

timbáng (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. act of weighing something

   Synonym: pesar

2. balance

   Synonym: balanse

3. (by extension) weight

   Synonym: gabat

Derived terms

• katimbang
• magtimbang
• timbangan
• timbangon

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tim‧bang
• IPA^(key): /ˈtimbaŋ/, [ˈt̪im.bɐŋ]

Noun

tímbang (Badlit spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. weight

   Synonym: kabug-aton

Derived terms

• katimbang
• magtimbang
• manimbang
• motimbang
• timbangan
• timbangon
• timbangtimbang

 

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪm.baŋ/
• Rhymes: -baŋ
• Hyphenation: tim‧bang

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay timbang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Adjective

timbang

1. fair, unbiased
2. weigh, weight

Derived terms

• bertimbang
• bertimbangan
• kesetimbangan
• ketimbang
• mempertimbangkan
• menimbang
• menimbang-nimbang
• menimbangi
• menimbangkan
• menyetimbangkan
• penimbang
• penimbangan
• pertimbangan
• setimbang
• setimbangan
• timbang-menimbang
• timbangan

 

• timbang panas
• timbang rasa
• timbang terima
• timbang tunai
• timbangan digital

 

Etymology 2

Particle

timbang

1. Aphetic form of ketimbang (“rather than”)

Further reading

• “timbang” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

timbang

1. Romanization of ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimbəŋ/, [ˈtiːm.bəŋ]
• Hyphenation: tim‧bang

Noun

tímbang

1. weight

   Synonym: bayat

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /timbaŋ/
• Rhymes: -imbaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: tim‧bang

Verb

timbang (Jawi spelling تيمبڠ)

1. to balance
2. to weigh

Further reading

• “timbang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mansaka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Verb

timbang

1. to weigh

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Noun

timbang

1. weight

Derived terms

• timbangan

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”). Compare Cebuano timbang, Kapampangan timbang, and Malay timbang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /timˈbaŋ/ [tɪmˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: tim‧bang

Noun

timbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. weight

   Synonym: bigat

2. act of weighing

   Synonyms: pagtimbang, pagtitimbang

Derived terms

• di-timbang
• itimbang
• katimbang
• mabigat panimbangan
• magkatimbang
• magpatimbang
• magtimbang
• manimbang
• mas matimbang ang dugo kaysa tubig
• matimbang
• pagkakatimbang
• pagkatimbang
• pagtimbang
• pagtitimbang
• panimbang
• panimbangan
• panimbangin
• pantimbang
• patimbang
• timbang na pagkain
• timbang-timbang
• timbang-timbangan
• timbangan
• timbangin
• tumimbang

 

Adjective

timbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. equal in weight; with the same weight

   Synonyms: magkatimbang, magkasimbigat

2. symmetrical

   Synonym: simetriko

Further reading

• “timbang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018