tiang

English

Etymology

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Noun

tiang (plural tiang)

1. Synonym of korrigum.
   • 2007 June 12, Carl Zimmer, “In Sudan, an Animal Migration to Rival Serengeti”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The white-eared kob were joined by hundreds of thousands of mongalla gazelles and tiang, a species of antelope.

Anagrams

• Giant, Ngāti, TA'ing, TAing, Taing, anti-g, giant, tagin, tangi, tinga

Balinese

Pronoun

tiang (Balinese script ᬢᬶᬬᬂ)

1. (medya) I, me

   Tiang saking Jimbaran.

   I am from Jimbaran.

   Tiang gépé magaé uli semeng.

   I have been working hard since morning.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tiang, from Classical Malay تياڠ (tiang), from Proto-Malayic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪i.aŋ]
• Hyphenation: ti‧ang

Noun

tiang (plural tiang-tiang)

1. mast; pole; tower; pile; pier; staff; pillar; post; peg; column
2. main source; backbone

Derived terms

• bertiang

• tiang agama
• tiang agung
• tiang anemometer
• tiang antena
• tiang bendera
• tiang cahaya matahari
• tiang gantung
• tiang jembatan
• tiang kampung
• tiang listrik
• tiang muat
• tiang pemegang
• tiang penghidupan
• tiang rumah
• tiang sendi rumah
• tiang seri
• tiang telepon
• tiang tengah
• tiang topang

Further reading

• “tiang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.aŋ/
• Rhymes: -iaŋ, -jaŋ, -aŋ

Noun

tiang (Jawi spelling تياڠ, plural tiang-tiang or tiang²)

1. mast; pole; tower; pile; pier; staff; pillar; post; peg; column

   Synonyms: turus, tonggak

2. main source; backbone

   Synonyms: tunjang, tonggak, tunggak

3. (figurative) belief

   Synonyms: pegangan, tonggak

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bertiang [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• tiang agama
• tiang agung
• tiang anemometer
• tiang antena
• tiang bendera
• tiang gantung
• tiang jambatan
• tiang kampung
• tiang elektrik
• tiang listrik
• tiang ibu
• tiang muat
• tiang pemegang
• tiang penghidupan
• tiang rumah
• tiang sendi rumah
• tiang seri
• tiang telefon
• tiang telepon
• tiang tengah
• tiang topang

Descendants

• Indonesian: tiang

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “تيڠ tijang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 94
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “تيڠ tiyang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 208-9
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “tiang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 583-4

Further reading

• "tiang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "tiang" at PRPM first version)

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tiaŋ.

Noun

tiang

1. stick (long piece of wood)

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “tiang”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society