sinag

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Noun

sinag

  1. sunlight
  2. weather
  3. summer

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (“ray of light”) (c.f. Fijian siga (“sun”), Malay sinar, Nias sino, Samoan masina (“moon”), and Tausug sinag (“brightness”)), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (“sun”) (compare Amis cidal (“sun”) and Sakizaya cilal (“sun”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈsinaɡ/ (“ray of light; brightness; halo”, noun)
    • IPA(key): /siˈnaɡ/ (“seen hazily”, adjective; “(act of) looking through a translucent object”, noun)
  • Syllabification: si‧nag

Noun

sinag (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)

  1. ray of light (from the sun, moon, stars, etc.)
    Synonyms: banaag, anag-ag, lamuymoy, silahis
  2. brightness; lucidity (of a light)
    Synonym: liwanag
  3. (religion) halo
    Synonym: halo
  4. representation of rays (in a drawing, painting, etc.)

Derived terms

Adjective

sinág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)

  1. seen hazily (through a translucent object)
    Synonyms: aninag, naaaninag, nanganganinag

Noun

sinág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)

  1. looking at something through a translucent object (often with difficulty)
    Synonyms: aninag, pag-aninag
  2. condition of being seen hazily (through a translucent object)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /sinaɡ/
  • Rhymes: -aɡ
  • Syllabification: si‧nag

Noun

sinag (Sulat Sūg spelling سِنَݢْ)

  1. brightness; gleam
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