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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay siang, from Javanese ꦱꦶꦪꦁ (siyang), from Old Javanese siyaṅ (“daytime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.aŋ/
- Hyphenation: si‧ang
Noun
siang (first-person possessive siangku, second-person possessive siangmu, third-person possessive siangnya)
- daytime
- Antonym: malam
- Mereka bekerja siang dan malam. ― They work day and night.
- the time of the day towards noon until the end of the first half of the afternoon; the time of the day from around 11:00 until around 14:00
- Synonym: (rare) tengah hari
- Kamu mau makan apa siang ini? ― What do you want to eat this afternoon?
Derived terms
Adjective
siang
- clear
- Synonyms: bersih, terang
Derived terms
Further reading
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tshji̯əŋ (“new”). Cognate with White Hmong tshiab and Western Xiangxi Miao xanb.
Adjective
siang
- new
Javanese
Romanization
siang
- Nonstandard spelling of siyang., romanization of ꦱꦶꦪꦁ.
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦪꦁ (siyang), from Old Javanese siyaṅ (“daytime”).
Pronunciation
Noun
siang (Jawi spelling سياڠ, plural siang-siang, informal 1st possessive siangku, 2nd possessive siangmu, 3rd possessive siangnya)
- daytime
Antonyms
Descendants
Verb
siang
- Act of removing fish scales and gills for cooking.
Further reading
Thao
Noun
siang
- wound