tengah

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay tengah (center), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [təˈŋah]
  • Hyphenation: tê‧ngah

Noun

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têngah (first-person possessive tengahku, second-person possessive tengahmu, third-person possessive tengahnya)

  1. middle
  2. centre, center
    Synonym: pusat
  3. half
    Synonyms: paruh, perdua

Derived terms

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Conjunction

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têngah

  1. while: during the same time that.
    Synonyms: ketika, sementara

Adverb

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têngah

  1. (auxiliary) progressive aspect without necessarily a final perspective.
    Synonym: sedang

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Javanese

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Etymology

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From Old Javanese tĕngah.

Noun

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tengah

  1. middle
  2. center
  3. navel

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq. Cognate with Balinese tengah, Cebuano tunga; and distantly with Maori tonga (south), Samoan toga (south)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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tengah (Jawi spelling تڠه)

  1. (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)‎[1], 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

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tengah (Jawi spelling تڠه, informal 1st possessive tengahku, 2nd possessive tengahmu, 3rd possessive tengahnya)

  1. middle, midst, centre
    Ada seekor beruang di tengah padang itu.
    There's a bear in the middle of the field.

Derived terms

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See also

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