senang

Borrowed from Malay senang.

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA^(key): /səˈnɑŋ/

senang (comparative more senang, superlative most senang)

1. (Singlish, Manglish) Relaxed, easy (of a job, etc.)
   • 2005, Choon Wee Tey, quoting Howe Liang, Achievements Off the Beaten Track: Stories of Singapore Sport Veterans, Candid Creation, →ISBN:

     He candidly admitted to me that his job to maintain gym equipment is very "senang" (easy).

Borrowed from Indonesian senang or Malay senang.

• IPA^(key): /səˈnɑŋ/

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• Hyphenation: se‧nang
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

senang (not comparable)

1. (Netherlands) comfortable, at ease, pleasant
   • 2013, Trudy Coenen & Louise Koopman, Spijbelen doe je maar thuis. Het verhaal van een docent op het vmbo, Artemis (Ambo/Anthos).

     Hier voelde ik me senang.

     This is where I felt comfortable.

   • 2020, Harry Piet, quoted in Drogisterij Amsterdam haalt zwarte gaper van gevel, NOS.

     Mijn medewerkers voelden zich de afgelopen dagen niet meer senang in de winkel.

     During the past few days my employees no longer felt at ease in the shop.

• seneng (Peranakan)

From Malay senang (“easy”). The senses of happy, content, pleased, and loved are semantic loan from Betawi senang (“happy, pleased”) or semantic loan from Javanese ꦱꦼꦤꦼꦁ (seneng, “happy, glad, pleased; like”), the cognate in Javanese.

• IPA^(key): /səˈnaŋ/
• Hyphenation: sê‧nang

senang

1. happy

   Synonyms: bahagia, suka

   Senang bertemu denganmu. ― Nice to meet you.

2. content, pleased

   Synonym: puas

3. (figurative) love

   Synonyms: sayang, suka

4. (dialect) well

   Synonym: baik

5. (dated, dialect) easy

   Synonyms: mudah, praktis

• “senang” 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.

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /səˈnaŋ/ [ʂɨˈɳaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: se‧nang

sënáng

1. sun

• IPA^(key): /sənaŋ/
• Rhymes: -naŋ, -aŋ

senang (Jawi spelling سنڠ)

1. easy

   Synonym: mudah

   Antonyms: susah, sukar

2. happy

   Synonyms: gembira, seronok

   Antonym: sedih

3. content, pleased

   Synonym: puas

4. (figurative) love

   Synonyms: sayang, suka

• bersenang
• kesenangan
• mempersenang
• menyenangi
• menyenangkan

• Indonesian: senang
• → Dutch: senang
• → Hokkien: [script needed] (sēr-nang)
• → Teochew: [script needed] (si⁷ nang¹)
• → Cantonese: [script needed] (si nang)

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

senang

1. sun