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English
Etymology
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Noun
tiang (plural tiang)
- 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.
Anagrams
Balinese
Romanization
tiang
- Romanization of ᬢᬶᬬᬂ
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tiang, from Classical Malay تياڠ (tiang), from Proto-Malayic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ.
Pronunciation
Noun
tiang (plural tiang-tiang, first-person possessive tiangku, second-person possessive tiangmu, third-person possessive tiangnya)
- mast; pole; tower; pile; pier; staff; pillar; post; peg; column
- main source; backbone
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Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ.
Pronunciation
Noun
tiang (Jawi spelling تياڠ, plural tiang-tiang, informal 1st possessive tiangku, 2nd possessive tiangmu, 3rd possessive tiangnya)
- mast; pole; tower; pile; pier; staff; pillar; post; peg; column
- main source; backbone
Derived terms
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