siang

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /si.aŋ/
  • 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]

  • IPA(key): /siaŋ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Rhymes: -jaŋ

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

Verb[edit]

siang

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

Further reading[edit]

Thao[edit]

Noun[edit]

siang

  1. wound