sayang

• (Singaporean and Malaysian English): Borrowed from Malay sayang.
• (Philippine English): Borrowed from Tagalog sayang.

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.jaŋ/, /ˈsa-/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.jɑŋ/

sayang (uncountable) (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, colloquial)

1. love
2. (endearing) sweetheart, darling

sayang (indeclinable) (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, colloquial)

1. to love, adore

   He does sayang me a lot

2. to regret, to miss (regret the absence of)
3. to soothe
4. to call someone by an affectionate nickname such as 'darling'

sayang (comparative more sayang, superlative most sayang) (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, colloquial)

1. pitiful, regrettable

sayang (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, colloquial)

1. alas, what a pity!
   • 2005, Alex Garland, “Sandmen”, in The Tesseract‎^[2], Penguin Group (USA) Inc., →ISBN:

     “Um, okay...” Rosa glanced at the blank boxes. “Cried over spilled milk. Six letters, third letter is a...”
     “Sayang,” said the old man cheerfully.
     “Sayang. It fits, po...”
     “Sayang. That's what I say whenever I spill some milk.” He cackled.
     “With these weak wrists and fingers, I say sayang several times a day! Give me another.”

   • 2017, Russell Molina, “Magic Secrets, Revealed”, in Bumasa at Lumaya 2: A Sourcebook on Children's Literature in the Philippines‎^[3], Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

     But going back to my dad, he died four years ago of leukemia. So he never met my daughter and he never reached the date of our wedding. So sayang. So I decided I wanted to write a book about him. I wanted to write a book for him and about him, for my daughter so she would get to know her lolo. And I was really stumped. Wala akong maisip about a story. This was the time when I just wrote Tuwing Sabado.

• sayang at A Dictionary of Singlish

• yagnas

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”).

• Hyphenation: sa‧yang
• IPA^(key): /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsa.jaŋ]

sáyang

1. pity; shame

   Synonyms: hirak, supog

2. waste

   Synonyms: kanugon, rawraw, rakwa, ratak

sáyang!

1. what a pity; what a shame; what a waste

• sajang (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

From Malay sayang (“love; it were a pity; alas that”),

• from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”).
• from New/Middle Indo-Aryan (such as Punjabi [script needed] (sāīyā̃, “master”) and Nepali [script needed] (saiyā̃, “master”)), from Sanskrit स्वामी (svāmī), singular nominative of स्वामिन् (svāmín).^[1] Therefore, doublet of suami.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsa.jaŋ]
• Rhymes: -ajaŋ
• Syllabification: sa‧yang

sayang

1. love (a profound and caring affection towards someone)
2. an affectionate term of address: darling
3. a term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse: baby

sayang

1. alas, what a pity, what a shame, what a waste

   Sayang sekali! ― What a pity!

sayang

1. (predicative in a sentence only) waste, wasteful

sayang (passive disayang)

1. to love

• “sayang” 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.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”). Compare Bikol Central sayang, Tagalog sayang, and Malay sayang.

• IPA^(key): /səˈjaŋ/ [səˈjäŋ]
• Hyphenation: sá‧yang

sayang

1. waste; wasting (of a resource, talent, etc.)

   Synonyms: pamanyangan, manyanganan

2. useless spending; useless consumption

   Synonyms: manaksaya, manyangan

3. waste of an opportunity; failure to take advantage
4. gradual loss, decrease, or destruction by decay, etc.

sayang

1. wasted; uselessly spent or consumed

sayang

1. what a pity!; too bad

• ayang, yang (apheresis)
• cayang (childish)
• syg (text messaging)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsa.jaŋ]
• Rhymes: -ajaŋ
• Hyphenation: sa‧yang

sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ, plural sayang-sayang)

1. love
2. (endearing) sweetheart; darling

• Indonesian: sayang
• → English: sayang

sayang

1. to love (esp. between parent and child, siblings and cousins, friends)

Strictly romantic love uses the term cinta.

• Indonesian: sayang
• → English: sayang
• → Hokkien: 捎央, 沙央 (sa-iang)

sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ)

1. to be loving, affectionate

• Indonesian: sayang
• → English: sayang

sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ)

1. what a pity

• Indonesian: sayang
• → English: sayang
• → Hokkien: 捎央, 沙央 (sa-iang)

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

Compare Indonesian sarang, Malay sarang.

sayang or ᮞᮚᮀ • (sayang)

1. nest
2. den

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”). Compare Bikol Central sayang, Kapampangan sayang, and Malay sayang.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsaː.jɐŋ] (“waste; decay”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ajaŋ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsaː.jɐŋ], /saˈjaŋ/ [sɐˈjaŋ] (“wasted”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ajaŋ, -aŋ
• Syllabification: sa‧yang

sayang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)

1. waste; wasting (of a resource, talent, etc.)

   Synonyms: pagsayang, pagkasayang

2. useless spending; useless consumption

   Synonyms: aksaya, pag-aksaya, pag-aaksaya

3. waste of an opportunity; failure to take advantage
4. gradual loss, decrease, or destruction by decay, etc.

sayang or sayáng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)

1. wasted; uselessly spent or consumed

sayang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)

1. what a pity!

• “sayang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• sangay, yasang