silang
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siraŋ (“dazzled, blinded by glaring light”). Compare Bikol Central sirang (“rays or beams of light”) and Malay serang (“blinking; dazzled”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsilaŋ/ [ˈsi.lɐŋ]
- Rhymes: -ilaŋ
- Syllabification: si‧lang
- Homophone: Silang
Noun[edit]
silang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
- birth; nativity
- Synonyms: pagsilang, pagsisilang, pagiging-tao, pagkakatawang-tao
- rise; rising (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈlaŋ/ [sɪˈlaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- Syllabification: si‧lang
Noun[edit]
siláng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “silang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ilaŋ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ilaŋ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with homophones
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms with usage examples
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation