terang

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [təˈrəaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: te‧rang

Adjective

terang

  1. bright

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay terang, probably from Old Javanese traṅ, ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *raaŋʔ (light, to shine) (compare Vietnamese rạng (to dawn; be brightened, be lightened), Khmer ស្រាង (sraang, to glimmer)).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təˈraŋ/ [t̪əˈraŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: te‧rang

Adjective

têrang (comparative lebih terang, superlative paling terang)

  1. bright, clear
    Synonyms: bersinar, cerah
  2. clear
    1. easily or distinctly heard; audible
    2. without clouds
    3. free of guilt, or suspicion
  3. evident, obvious
    Synonym: terbukti

Derived terms

Affixations
Compounds
  • terang akal
  • terang benderang
  • terang bulan
  • terang cuaca
  • terang hati
  • terang kain
  • terang pikiran
  • terang tanah
  • terang temara
  • terang temarang
  • terang temerang
  • terang terbang lalat
  • terang terus

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

terang

  1. romanization of ꦠꦼꦫꦁ

Malay

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *raaŋʔ (light, to shine) (compare Vietnamese rạng (to dawn; be brightened, be lightened), Khmer ស្រាង (sraang, to glimmer))

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /təˈraŋ/ [t̪əˈraŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Hyphenation: te‧rang

Adjective

terang (Jawi spelling ترڠ, comparative lebih terang, superlative paling terang)

  1. bright

Derived terms

Affixations
Compounds

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: terang (inherited)
  • Iban: terang
  • West Makian: terang
  • Tausug: tarrang

Further reading

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay terang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪əˈraŋ/

Verb

terang

  1. (stative) to be clear

Conjugation

Conjugation of terang (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person titerang miterang aterang
2nd person niterang fiterang
3rd person inanimate iterang diterang
animate materang
imperative —, terang —, terang

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as těráng)