tenang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tenang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.naŋ/
• Hyphenation: tê‧nang
• Rhymes: -ənaŋ, -naŋ, -aŋ

Adjective

tênang

1. calm, motionless (of water, etc.)

   Sungai ini tenang airnya. ― This river is calm.

2. calm, composed, still, collected, imperturbable

Derived terms

Affixations

• bertenang
• ditenangkan
• ketenangan
• menenang
• menenangkan
• penenang
• penenangan
• tenangkan

Compounds

• air tenang
• angin tenang
• berahi tenang

Further reading

• “tenang”, 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

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈnaŋ/ [t̪əˈnaŋ]

Adjective

tenang (Jawi spelling تنڠ or تينڠ, comparative lebih tenang, superlative paling tenang)

1. calm, composed, still, collected, imperturbable

Derived terms

Affixations

• bertenang
• ketenangan
• menenangkan
• penenang

Further reading

• “tenang”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maranao

Noun

tenang

1. luster

Verb

tenang

1. to shine

Derived terms

• petenang