From early romanizations of Chinese陽／阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings.
yang (uncountable)
- (philosophy) Aprinciple inChinese andrelatedEast Asianphilosophiesassociated withbright,hot,masculine,etc.elements of thenaturalworld.
1956,Anthony Burgess,Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published1972, page187:"Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of theyang, the pure primal air. Theyin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?"
1985 August 17, S. H. Chua, “IGA Smashes Borders”, inGay Community News, volume13, number 6, page10:The performance was unmistakably male and gay. The rousing lion dance that capped their performance provided the right touch of "yang" without destroying the distinct feel of something gay, Asian and new.
FromKorean양(兩)(yang,“yang, tael”).Doublet ofliang.
yang (pluralyangs)
- Themonetary unit ofKorea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100pun.
Imitative.
yang (third-person singular simple presentyangs,present participleyanging,simple past and past participleyanged)
- (rare) To make the cry of thewild goose.
1902, Eleanor Gates,The biography of a prairie girl:Away they went, the colt in the lead and the pinto after, until they reached the bunch of cottonwoods far up the stream where theyanging wild geese had their nests.
1957, Adelbert Ames,Chronicles from the Nineteenth Century: 1874-1899:Last night we were awakened by the barking of dogs andyanging of a goose, and investigated to find that the man had neglected to house the geese and the dogs were killing them.
yang (pluralyangs)
- The cry of the wild goose; ahonk.
1867, Gail Hamilton,Wool-gathering[1], Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page185:Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialectyang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose.
yang
- aspirit orgod
Borrowed fromMandarin陽／阳 (yáng).
yang m (uncountable)
- yang
Inherited fromMalayyang, fromClassical Malayيڠ(yang), fromOld Malay[script needed](yaṃ).
yang
- (relative)that
Rumahyang aku mau.- the housethat I want
- (relative)which
- Synonym:yang mana
- yang bebas dari hak cipta tertentu ―which is free from certain copyrights
yang
- (impersonal pronoun)one
Dia mauyang hijau- He wants the greenone.
This term can't be used as a indefinite personal pronoun, as in "one shouldn’t be too quick to judge". Useseseorang(“somebody, someone”) instead.
Inherited fromMalayyang, variant ofhyang, fromProto-Malayic*hiaŋ, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qiaŋ.
yang (pluralyang-yang)
- (Hinduism)Hyang(unseen spirit withsupernatural powers, in ancientIndonesian mythology)
Borrowed fromChinese陽／阳 (yáng).
yang (pluralyang-yang)
- (philosophy)yang
- Antonym:yin
yang (pluralyang-yang)
- apheretic form ofsayang(“sweetheart;darling”)
Fromya +ing.
- IPA(key): /ˈjaŋ/ [ˈjäŋ]
- IPA(key): /ˈjaŋ/ [ˈjäŋ]
- Hyphenation:yang
yang
- Separates the subject and the predicate. Indicative of a sentence inversion, i.e. from predicate-first form to subject-first form.
Yaku yang minyabi. (Sinabi ke.)- I said it.
Ikang sirena. (Sirena ka.)- You're a mermaid.
- Indicates thesubject of a sentence.
Pusayang atiyu.- There is a cat.
Asuyang mamangan butul.- The dog is eating a bone.
- The wordyang usually replacesiyang when in the middle of a sentence.
- This is usually elided to-ng following a word ending in a vowel in speeches, casual, or poetic writing.
Borrowed fromChinese陽／阳 (yáng).
yang
- (philosophy)yang
- Antonym:yin
First attested in theKedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay[script needed](yaṃ).
yang (Jawi spellingيڠ)
- Anarticle thatdenotes anoun with the connecting description.
- yang merah ―the red one(s)
- Aku sukayang merah saja. ―I only likethe red ones.
- yang di tengah ―the one(s) in the middle
Antara tiga kereta ini, saya sukayang di tengah.- Between these three cars, I likethe one in the middle.
Derived titles of address
[edit]yang (Jawi spellingيڠ)
- That:
- Used to show that the followingexplanatory words are givenimportance ordenotes adifference, similar to Englishrelativethat,which andwho.
- kapalyang besar ―boatthat is big.
- (informal)Used tostate thecontent or anexplanation of thepreceding word or sentence, similar to Englishconjunctivethat.
- Synonym:bahawa
Adam tahuyang sebenarnya bukan dia yang menang.- Adam knowsthat it actually wasn't him who won.
- Used to show that the following words or sentences are anexplanation of thepreceding words.
Ramai orangyang ingin meminta autograf pelakon itu.- Many people wanted to ask for the actor's autograph.
Clipping ofhiang, fromProto-Malayic*hiaŋ, fromProto-Malayo-Chamic*hiaŋ, fromProto-Malayo-Sumbawan*hiaŋ, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qiaŋ.
yang (Jawi spellingيڠ)
- Adeity,god orgoddess.
- Synonyms:dewa,dewi f,tuhan
Clipping ofsayang.
yang (Jawi spellingيڠ)
- apheretic form ofsayang
- A title ofaddress for aromanticpartner, equivalent to Englishdear andhoney.
Yang, kat mana kita nak makan malam ni?- Honey, where are we eating tonight?
Clipping ofdayang.
yang (Jawi spellingيڠ)
- apheretic form ofdayang
- (colloquial)A title of little distinction.
- (Pahang, Johor)Afeminine titularprefix.
- "yang" inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
- Wilkinson, Richard James.An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
yang
- nonstandard spelling ofyāng
- nonstandard spelling ofyáng
- nonstandard spelling ofyǎng
- nonstandard spelling ofyàng
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
yang
- wind
- Phonological Descriptions of Papua New Guinea Languages (2005, SIL, edited by Steve Parker), sectionMato (Nenaya, Nengaya, Nineia) Language, page 28: yang [ˈjɑŋ] 'wind'
yang
- I
Peranakan Indonesian
[edit]Borrowed fromChinese陽／阳 (yáng).
yang
- (philosophy)yang: Aprinciple inChinese andrelatedEast Asianphilosophiesassociated withbright,hot,masculine,etc.elements of thenaturalworld.
- sebab dalem pengidoepan di ini alam tida ada doea benda jang sama, malahan bersifat bertentangan, im danyang, kaja dan miskin, tjerdik dan bodo, tjantik dan djelek. ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
FromMalayyang, fromOld Malayyaṃ.
yang (Jawiيڠ)
- relative clause introducer;which,that
- Synonym:ma
- pangkatyang gaku ―a high position (literally, “a positionwhich is high”)
- ngofa halalyang manyirah ―the legitimate eldest son (literally, “the legitimate sonwho is eldest”)
- otoyang ikuraci ngori ri die ―the yellow car is mine (literally, “the carwhich is yellow is my property”)
In older texts, as de Clercq mentions,yang was only used together with other Malay borrowings; in more recent usage,yang can follow non-Malay words as well.
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890),Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001),A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
FromMandarin羊 (yáng).
yang
- sheep
je nga-n-de mize-deyang hai-li.- This is our little sister'ssheep.
- (Quoted in Sandman, p. 99)
- Erika Sandman (2016),A Grammar of Wutun[2], University of Helsinki (PhD),→ISBN
