senang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay senang.

Pronunciation

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA^(key): /səˈnɑŋ/

Adjective

senang (comparative more senang, superlative most senang)

1. (Singlish, Manglish) Relaxed, easy (of a job, etc.)
   • 2005, Choon Wee Tey, quoting Howe Liang, Achievements Off the Beaten Track: Stories of Singapore Sport Veterans, Candid Creation, →ISBN:

     He candidly admitted to me that his job to maintain gym equipment is very "senang" (easy).

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian senang or Malay senang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈnɑŋ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: se‧nang
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Adjective

senang (not comparable)

1. (Netherlands) comfortable, at ease, pleasant
   • 2013, Trudy Coenen & Louise Koopman, Spijbelen doe je maar thuis. Het verhaal van een docent op het vmbo, Artemis (Ambo/Anthos).

     Hier voelde ik me senang.

     This is where I felt comfortable.

   • 2020, Harry Piet, quoted in Drogisterij Amsterdam haalt zwarte gaper van gevel, NOS.

     Mijn medewerkers voelden zich de afgelopen dagen niet meer senang in de winkel.

     During the past few days my employees no longer felt at ease in the shop.

Declension

Declension of senang
uninflected	senang
inflected	senang
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		senang
indefinite	m./f. sing.	senang
	n. sing.	senang
	plural	senang
definite		senang
partitive		senangs

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• seneng (Peranakan)

Etymology

From Malay senang (“easy”). The senses of happy, content, pleased, and loved are semantic loan from Betawi senang (“happy, pleased”) or semantic loan from Javanese ꦱꦼꦤꦼꦁ (seneng, “happy, glad, pleased; like”), the cognate in Javanese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈnaŋ/
• Hyphenation: sê‧nang

Adjective

senang

1. happy

   Synonyms: bahagia, suka

   Senang bertemu denganmu. ― Nice to meet you.

2. content, pleased

   Synonym: puas

3. (figurative) love

   Synonyms: sayang, suka

4. (dialect) well

   Synonym: baik

5. (dated, dialect) easy

   Synonyms: mudah, praktis

Derived terms

• bersenang
• bersenang-senang
• bersenang-senangkan
• disenangi
• kesenangan
• mempersenang
• mempersenangkan
• menyenangi
• menyenangkan

Further reading

• “senang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Maguindanao

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /səˈnaŋ/ [ʂɨˈɳaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: se‧nang

Noun

sënáng

1. sun

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sənaŋ/
• Rhymes: -naŋ, -aŋ

Adjective

senang (Jawi spelling سنڠ, comparative lebih senang, superlative paling senang)

1. easy

   Synonym: mudah

   Antonyms: susah, sukar

2. happy

   Synonyms: gembira, seronok

   Antonym: sedih

3. content, pleased

   Synonym: puas

4. (figurative) love

   Synonyms: sayang, suka

Derived terms

• bersenang
• kesenangan
• mempersenang
• menyenangi
• menyenangkan

Descendants

• Indonesian: senang
• → Dutch: senang
• → Hokkien: [script needed] (sēr-nang)
• → Teochew: [script needed] (si⁷ nang¹)
• → Cantonese: [script needed] (si nang)

Further reading

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

Maranao

Noun

senang

1. sun