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siang

See also: Siang

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Malay siang, from Javanese ꦱꦶꦪꦁ (siyang), from Old Javanese siyaṅ (“daytime”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /si.aŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: si‧ang

Noun edit

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 edit

Adjective edit

siang

  1. clear
    Synonyms: bersih, terang

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Iu Mien edit

Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

siang 

  1. new

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

siang

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

Malay edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. daytime

Antonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • > Indonesian: siang (inherited)

Verb edit

siang

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

Further reading edit

Thao edit

Noun edit

siang

  1. wound
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