siang

See also: Siang

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay siang, from Javanese ꦱꦶꦪꦁ (siyang), from Old Javanese siyaṅ (“daytime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.aŋ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: si‧ang

Noun

siang (first-person possessive siangku, second-person possessive siangmu, third-person possessive siangnya)

1. daytime

   Antonym: malam

   Mereka bekerja siang dan malam. ― They work day and night.

2. the time of the day towards noon until the end of the first half of the afternoon; the time of the day from around 11:00 until around 14:00

   Synonym: (rare) tengah hari

   Kamu mau makan apa siang ini? ― What do you want to eat this afternoon?

Derived terms

• kesiangan
• sesiangan
• siang-siang

 

• siang bolong
• siang hari
• siang malam

 

Adjective

siang

1. clear

   Synonyms: bersih, terang

Derived terms

• bersiang
• disiangi
• mempersiang
• mempersiangi
• menyiang
• menyiangi
• penyiangan

 

Further reading

• “siang” 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.

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tshji̯əŋ (“new”). Cognate with White Hmong tshiab and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] xanb.

Adjective

siang 

1. new

Javanese

Romanization

siang

1. Nonstandard spelling of siyang., romanization of ꦱꦶꦪꦁ.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦪꦁ (siyang), from Old Javanese siyaṅ (“daytime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siaŋ/

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Rhymes: -jaŋ

Noun

siang (Jawi spelling سياڠ, plural siang-siang, informal 1st possessive siangku, 2nd possessive siangmu, 3rd possessive siangnya)

1. daytime

Antonyms

• malam

Descendants

• > Indonesian: siang (inherited)

Verb

siang

1. Act of removing fish scales and gills for cooking.

Further reading

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

Thao

Noun

siang

1. wound