tiang

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

tiang (plural tiang)

  1. Synonym of korrigum
    • 2007 June 12, Carl Zimmer, “In Sudan, an Animal Migration to Rival Serengeti”, in New York Times[1]:
      The white-eared kob were joined by hundreds of thousands of mongalla gazelles and tiang, a species of antelope.

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Balinese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

tiang

  1. Romanization of ᬢᬶᬬᬂ

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay tiang, from Classical Malay تياڠ (tiang), from Proto-Malayic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈt̪i.aŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧ang

Noun[edit]

tiang (plural tiang-tiang, first-person possessive tiangku, second-person possessive tiangmu, third-person possessive tiangnya)

  1. mast; pole; tower; pile; pier; staff; pillar; post; peg; column
  2. main source; backbone

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Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tiang (Jawi spelling تياڠ, plural tiang-tiang, informal 1st possessive tiangku, 2nd possessive tiangmu, 3rd possessive tiangnya)

  1. mast; pole; tower; pile; pier; staff; pillar; post; peg; column
  2. main source; backbone

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Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: tiang

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