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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tengah (“center”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: tê‧ngah
Noun
têngah (first-person possessive tengahku, second-person possessive tengahmu, third-person possessive tengahnya)
- middle
- centre, center
- Synonym: pusat
- half
- Synonyms: paruh, perdua
Derived terms
Conjunction
têngah
- while: during the same time that.
- Synonyms: ketika, sementara
Adverb
têngah
- (auxiliary) progressive aspect without necessarily a final perspective.
- Synonym: sedang
Further reading
Javanese
Etymology
From Old Javanese tĕngah.
Noun
tengah
- middle
- center
- navel
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq. Cognate with Balinese tengah, Cebuano tunga; and distantly with Maori tonga (“south”), Samoan toga (“south”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
tengah (Jawi spelling تڠه)
- (colloquial) in the middle of doing, currently
- Synonym: sedang
Kak Tam tengah buat apa, sekarang?- What is Kak Tam doing right now?
2005 [1849], Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, edited by Amin Sweeney, Hikayat Abdullah (Karya Lengkap Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi; 3), Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, →ISBN, page 427:Maka pada masa itu aku tengah mengajar seorang2 saudagar di rumah Tuan John Morgan.- Still at that time I was in the middle of teaching a merchant at the house of Lord John Morgan.
Noun
tengah (Jawi spelling تڠه, informal 1st possessive tengahku, 2nd possessive tengahmu, 3rd possessive tengahnya)
- middle, midst, centre
Ada seekor beruang di tengah padang itu.- There's a bear in the middle of the field.
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
See also
Further reading