bayang

• Hyphenation: ba‧yang

From the first word of the Philippine national anthem.

bayang

1. a flag ceremony

bayang

1. to conduct a flag ceremony

Unknown.

bayang

1. silver moony (Monodactylus argenteus)
2. concertinafish (Drepane punctata)

Inherited from Malay bayang. Doublet of wayang.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.jaŋ/
• Rhymes: -jaŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: ba‧yang

bayang (plural bayang-bayang)

1. shadow

• “bayang” 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.

Doublet of wayang. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ba.jaŋ]

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• Rhymes: -jaŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ba‧yang

bayang (Jawi spelling بايڠ, also used in the form bayang-bayang)

1. shadow
2. shade (place shielded from the sun)
3. reflection (of a mirror, body of water, etc.)
4. silhouette
5. image (in one's head)

• Indonesian: bayang

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بايڠ bajang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 47
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بايڠ bayang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 89
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bayang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 94

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