masing

English

Verb

masing

1. present participle and gerund of mase

Adjective

masing (not comparable)

1. That acts as a maser

Derived terms

• nonmasing

Anagrams

• gamins, gminas, Nigams, Magins, migans, Sigman, 'Namgis

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *masiŋ (“each”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.siŋ/
• Rhymes: -siŋ, -iŋ
• Hyphenation: ma‧sing

Determiner

masing

1. each; respective.

Usage notes

• This word is the root form and is very rarely used on its own in modern Malay. It is almost always found in its reduplicated form, masing-masing, to mean "each" or "respectively".

Derived terms

• masing-masing

Further reading

• "masing" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017