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sayang

English

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Noun

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

  1. love
  2. sweetheart, darling

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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'

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

  1. pitiful, regrettable

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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.

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  • sayang at A Dictionary of Singlish

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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

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

Noun

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sáyang

  1. pity; shame
    Synonyms: hirak, supog
  2. waste
    Synonyms: kanugon, rawraw, rakwa, ratak

Interjection

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sáyang!

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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay sayang (“yearning; longing; pitying; love; affection; it were a pity; alas that”), from Classical Malay سايڠ (sayang),

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sayang (first-person possessive sayangku, second-person possessive sayangmu, third-person possessive sayangnya)

  1. love
    Synonyms: cinta, kasih
  2. sweetheart; darling

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Verb

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sayang

  1. to love, usually in a non-romantic way

Interjection

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sayang

  1. alas, what a pity!

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References

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  1. ^ Tom Hoogervorst (2017 December 31) Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, 9. The Role of “Prakrit” in Maritime Southeast Asia through 101 Etymologies‎[1], ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 375–440

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Malay

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Etymology

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

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sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ, plural sayang-sayang, informal 1st possessive sayangku, 2nd possessive sayangmu, 3rd possessive sayangnya)

  1. love
  2. sweetheart; darling

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  • Indonesian: sayang
  • → English: sayang

Verb

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sayang

  1. to love

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Adjective

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sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ)

  1. to be loving, affectionate

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

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Interjection

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sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ)

  1. what a pity

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Sundanese

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Etymology

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Compare Indonesian sarang, Malay sarang.

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sayang or ᮞᮚᮀ • (sayang)

  1. nest
  2. den

Tagalog

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Etymology

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

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

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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.

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Adjective

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sayang or sayáng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. wasted; uselessly spent or consumed

Interjection

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sayang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. what a pity!

Further reading

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

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