timbang

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English

Noun

timbang (plural timbangs)

  1. (historical) A unit of weight formerly used in parts of Asia, having different values in different regions.

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Verb

tímbang

  1. to balance
  2. to equate
  3. to partner; to pair

Derived terms

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /timˈbaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: tim‧bang

Adjective

timbáng (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. balanced; equal in weight
    Synonym: balanse
  2. opposite
    Synonym: hampang

Noun

timbáng (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. act of weighing something
    Synonym: pesar
  2. balance
    Synonym: balanse
  3. (by extension) weight
    Synonym: gabat

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tim‧bang
  • IPA(key): /ˈtimbaŋ/

Noun

tímbang (Badlit spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. weight
    Synonym: kabug-aton

Derived terms

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪm.baŋ/
  • Rhymes: -baŋ
  • Hyphenation: tim‧bang
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay timbang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Adjective

timbang

  1. fair, unbiased
  2. weigh, weight
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Particle

timbang

  1. Aphetic form of ketimbang (“rather than”)

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

timbang

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪmˈbaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: tim‧bang

Noun

timbang

  1. weight
    Synonym: bayat

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Pronunciation

Verb

timbang (Jawi spelling تيمبڠ)

  1. to balance
  2. to weigh

Further reading

Mansaka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Verb

timbang

  1. to weigh

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”).

Noun

timbang

  1. weight

Derived terms

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”). Compare Cebuano timbang, Kapampangan timbang, and Malay timbang.

Pronunciation

Noun

timbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. weight
    Synonym: bigat
  2. act of weighing
    Synonyms: pagtimbang, pagtitimbang

Derived terms

Adjective

timbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. equal in weight; with the same weight
    Synonyms: magkatimbang, magkasimbigat
  2. symmetrical
    Synonym: simetriko

Further reading

  • “timbang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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