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sayang

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English

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sayang (uncountable) (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, colloquial)

  1. love
  2. (endearing) sweetheart, darling

Verb

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sayang (indeclinable) (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, colloquial)

  1. to love, adore
    He does sayang me a lot
  2. to regret, to miss (regret the absence of)
  3. to soothe
  4. to call someone by an affectionate nickname such as 'darling'

Adjective

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sayang (comparative more sayang, superlative most sayang) (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, colloquial)

  1. pitiful, regrettable

Interjection

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sayang (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, colloquial)

  1. alas, what a pity!
    • 2005, Alex Garland, “Sandmen”, in The Tesseract‎[2], Penguin Group (USA) Inc., →ISBN:
      “Um, okay...” Rosa glanced at the blank boxes. “Cried over spilled milk. Six letters, third letter is a...”
      “Sayang,” said the old man cheerfully.
      “Sayang. It fits, po...”
      “Sayang. That's what I say whenever I spill some milk.” He cackled.
      “With these weak wrists and fingers, I say sayang several times a day! Give me another.”
    • 2017, Russell Molina, “Magic Secrets, Revealed”, in Bumasa at Lumaya 2: A Sourcebook on Children's Literature in the Philippines‎[3], Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:
      But going back to my dad, he died four years ago of leukemia. So he never met my daughter and he never reached the date of our wedding. So sayang. So I decided I wanted to write a book about him. I wanted to write a book for him and about him, for my daughter so she would get to know her lolo. And I was really stumped. Wala akong maisip about a story. This was the time when I just wrote Tuwing Sabado.

Further reading

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  • sayang at A Dictionary of Singlish

Anagrams

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Central Bikol

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧yang
  • IPA(key): /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsa.jaŋ]

Noun

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sáyang

  1. pity; shame
    Synonyms: hirak, supog
  2. waste
    Synonyms: kanugon, rawraw, rakwa, ratak

Interjection

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sáyang!

  1. what a pity; what a shame; what a waste

Derived terms

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Chinese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay sayang.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sayang

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) to love; to cherish

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Malay sayang (“love; it were a pity; alas that”), from either:

Noun

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sayang (plural sayang-sayang)

  1. love (a profound and caring affection towards someone)
  2. an affectionate term of address: darling
  3. a term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse: baby

Interjection

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sayang

  1. alas, what a pity, what a shame, what a waste
    Sayang sekali! ― What a pity!

Adjective

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sayang

  1. (predicative in a sentence only) waste, wasteful

Verb

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sayang (passive disayang)

  1. to love

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦪꦁ (sayang, “coppersmith”), from Old Javanese sayaṅ (“coppersmith”).

Noun

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sayang (plural sayang-sayang)

  1. coppersmith (person)
    Synonym: paledang

References

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  1. ^ Tom Hoogervorst (31 December 2017), Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, 9. The Role of “Prakrit” in Maritime Southeast Asia through 101 Etymologies‎[1], ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 375–440

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Kapampangan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”). Compare Central Bikol sayang, Tagalog sayang, and Malay sayang.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /səˈjaŋ/ [səˈjäŋ]
  • Hyphenation: sá‧yang

Noun

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sayang

  1. waste; wasting (of a resource, talent, etc.)
    Synonyms: pamanyangan, manyanganan
  2. useless spending; useless consumption
    Synonyms: manaksaya, manyangan
  3. waste of an opportunity; failure to take advantage
  4. gradual loss, decrease, or destruction by decay, etc.

Adjective

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sayang

  1. wasted; uselessly spent or consumed

Interjection

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sayang

  1. what a pity!; too bad

Derived terms

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Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsa.jaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ajaŋ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧yang

Noun

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sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ, plural sayang-sayang or sayang2)

  1. love
  2. (endearing) sweetheart; darling

Verb

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sayang

  1. to love (esp. between parent and child, siblings and cousins, friends)

Usage notes

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Strictly romantic love uses the term cinta.

Adjective

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sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ, comparative lebih sayang, superlative paling sayang)

  1. to be loving, affectionate

Derived terms

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: sayang
  • → English: sayang
  • → Hokkien: 捎央, 沙央 (sa-iang)

Interjection

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sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ)

  1. what a pity

Further reading

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Sundanese

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Etymology

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Compare Indonesian sarang, Malay sarang.

Noun

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sayang or ᮞᮚᮀ • (sayang)

  1. nest
  2. den

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”). Compare Central Bikol sayang, Kapampangan sayang, and Malay sayang.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsaː.jɐŋ] (“waste; decay”, noun)
    • IPA(key): /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsaː.jɐŋ], /saˈjaŋ/ [sɐˈjaŋ] (“wasted”, adjective)
  • Syllabification: sa‧yang

Noun

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sayang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. waste; wasting (of a resource, talent, etc.)
    Synonyms: pagsayang, pagkasayang
  2. useless spending; useless consumption
    Synonyms: aksaya, pag-aksaya, pag-aaksaya
  3. waste of an opportunity; failure to take advantage
  4. gradual loss, decrease, or destruction by decay, etc.

Derived terms

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Adjective

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sayang or sayáng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. wasted; uselessly spent or consumed

Interjection

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sayang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. what a pity!

Further reading

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  • “sayang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

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