silang
See also: Silang
Tagalog
Etymology 1
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
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsilaŋ/ [ˈsiː.lɐŋ]
- Rhymes: -ilaŋ
- Syllabification: si‧lang
- Homophone: Silang
Noun
silang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
- birth; nativity
- Synonyms: pagsilang, pagsisilang, pagiging-tao, pagkakatawang-tao
- rise; rising (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.)
- Synonyms: pagsilang, sikat, pagsikat
- silang ng araw ― rising of the sun
Derived terms
- Bagong Silang
- Bagong Silangan
- Dulong Silangan
- Gitnang Silangan
- hilagang-silangan
- isilang
- kasilanganan
- magsilang
- Malayong Silangan
- pagsilang
- pagsisilang
- pasilangan
- silangan
- Silanganan
- silanganin
- Silangang Davao
- Silangang Negros
- Silangang Samar
- Silangang Timor
- sinilangan
- sumilang
- taga-Silangan
- timog-silangan
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈlaŋ/ [sɪˈlaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- Syllabification: si‧lang
Noun
siláng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
See also
- tinabtab
Further reading
- “silang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*siraŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI