silang

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsilaŋ/ [ˈsi.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -ilaŋ
• Syllabification: si‧lang

Inherited from Malay silang (“cross, crosswise”).

silang (plural silang-silang)

1. cross
   1. geometrical figure involving intersecting lines
   2. synonym of salib

silang (active menyilang, reflexive passive tersilang, ordinary passive disilang, imperative silang, emphatic-jussive silanglah)

1. to cross
   1. to place across or athwart; to cause to intersect
   2. to lay or draw something across, such as a line
   3. to mark with an X

silang

1. (biology) to cross, to cross-fertilize, or to crossbreed

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silang

1. alternative spelling of selang

• “silang”, 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

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”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsilaŋ/ [ˈsiː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ilaŋ
• Syllabification: si‧lang
• Homophone: Silang

silang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. birth; nativity

   Synonyms: pagsilang, pagsisilang, pagiging-tao, pagkakatawang-tao

2. rise; rising (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.)

   Synonyms: pagsilang, sikat, pagsikat

   silang ng araw ― rising of the sun

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈlaŋ/ [sɪˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: si‧lang

siláng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. mountain pass or trail
2. breeze from the southeast

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• “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

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