tiang

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tiang (plural tiang)

1. Synonym of korrigum
   • 2007 June 12, Carl Zimmer, “In Sudan, an Animal Migration to Rival Serengeti”, in New York Times‎:

     The white-eared kob were joined by hundreds of thousands of mongalla gazelles and tiang, a species of antelope.

• Giant, Ngāti, TA'ing, TAing, Taing, anti-g, giant, tagin, tangi, tinga

tiang

1. Romanization of ᬢᬶᬬᬂ

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

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ti‧ang

tiang (plural tiang-tiang)

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

• “tiang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

• IPA^(key): /ti.aŋ/
• Rhymes: -iaŋ, -jaŋ, -aŋ

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

   Synonyms: turus, tonggak

2. main source; backbone

   Synonyms: tunjang, tonggak, tunggak

3. (figurative) belief

   Synonyms: pegangan, tonggak

• Indonesian: tiang

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تيڠ tijang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 94
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تيڠ tiyang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 208-9
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tiang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 583-4

• “tiang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.