silaing

Sundanese

Etymology

Perhaps blend of silah (“friend”) +‎ aing (“I, me”)

Pronoun

silaing (basa loma)

1. (basa loma, men's speech) you

   Synonyms: manéh, anjeun, hidep

   Coordinate terms: andika, anjeun, manéh, inya, sia, dia

   Sanajan gogoakan ogé moal bisa lésot silaing mah!

   Even if you scream and shout, you won't be able to get away!

Usage notes

• Especially used against young men of the working class, while such young men also use it among themselves.

See also

Sundanese personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person exclusive	lemes	abdi1, sim kuring2	abdi sadayana1, simkuring sadayana2
	loma	urang1, kuring2, kami3, 4	kuring sareréa
	cohag	aing	aing kabéhan
	enclitic	-ing †	-
1st person inclusive	lemes	-	urang samudayana
	loma	-	arurang, urang
2nd person	lemes	anjeun, hidep5	aranjeun, haridep5
	loma	manéh, silaing	maranéh
	cohag	sia, dia4	saria, sararia
3rd person	lemes	mantenna6, anjeunna	aranjeunna
	loma	manéhna, inya4, nyana4, inyana4	maranéhna
	cohag	si éta	-
	enclitic	-na	-
reflexive	lemes	nyalira
	loma	sorangan, diri

¹ Informal.
² Formal.
³ Expressing speaker's superiority.
⁴ Dialectal form.
⁵ Toward younger.
⁶ Respectful.

† Obsolete

Notes:

• The personal pronouns may vary depending on the dialect.
• The second person pronouns maybe replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
• The second and third person singular pronouns maybe used plurally.

See each entry for more information.

Further reading

• "SILAÏNG", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij