sinag
Dupaningan Agta
Noun
sinag
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (“ray of light”) (cf. Fijian siga (“sun”), Malay sinar, Nias sino, Samoan masina (“moon”), and Tausug sinag (“brightness”)), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (“sun”) (compare Amis cidal (“sun”) and Sakizaya cilal (“sun”)).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈsinaɡ/ [ˈsiː.n̪ɐɡ̚] (“ray of light; brightness; halo”, noun)
- Rhymes: -inaɡ
- IPA(key): /siˈnaɡ/ [sɪˈn̪aɡ̚] (“seen hazily”, adjective; “(act of) looking through a translucent object”, noun)
- Rhymes: -aɡ
- IPA(key): /ˈsinaɡ/ [ˈsiː.n̪ɐɡ̚] (“ray of light; brightness; halo”, noun)
- Syllabification: si‧nag
Noun
sinag (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)
- ray of light (from the sun, moon, stars, etc.)
- brightness; lucidity (of a light)
- Synonym: liwanag
- (religion) halo
- Synonym: halo
- representation of rays (in a drawing, painting, etc.)
Derived terms
- masinagan
- sinag-araw
- sinag-buwan
- sinagan
- suminag
Adjective
sinág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)
Noun
sinág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)
- looking at something through a translucent object (often with difficulty)
- Synonyms: aninag, pag-aninag
- condition of being seen hazily (through a translucent object)
Further reading
- “sinag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*siNaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Anagrams
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ.
Pronunciation
- (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /sinaɡ/ [sɪˈn̪aɡ̚]
- Rhymes: -aɡ
- Syllabification: si‧nag
Noun
sinag (Sulat Sūg spelling سِنَݢْ)