silang

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siraŋ (“dazzled, blinded by glaring light”). Compare Bikol Central sirang (“rays or beams of light”) and Malay serang (“blinking; dazzled”).

Pronunciation

Noun

silang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. birth; nativity
    Synonyms: pagsilang, pagsisilang, pagiging-tao, pagkakatawang-tao
  2. rise; rising (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.)
    Synonyms: pagsilang, sikat, pagsikat
    silang ng araw ― rising of the sun
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

siláng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. mountain pass or trail
  2. breeze from the southeast
See also

Further reading

  • “silang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*siraŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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