yang-yang

See also: yángyáng and yàngyàng

Indonesian

Etymology

yang +‎ yang

Noun

yang-yang (first-person possessive yang-yangku, second-person possessive yang-yangmu, third-person possessive yang-yangnya)

1. gods

Malay

Alternative forms

• hiang, yang

Etymology

Reduplication of yang, from hiang, from Proto-Malayic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaŋ jaŋ/
• Rhymes: -jaŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: yang‧yang

Noun

yang-yang (Jawi spelling يڠ٢, informal 1st possessive yang-yangku, 2nd possessive yang-yangmu, 3rd possessive yang-yangnya)

1. Alternative form of yang (“a deity, god, or goddess”).

Further reading

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