Inherited fromMalaytengah(“center”), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*təŋaq.
têngah (pluraltengah-tengah)
- middle
- centre,center
- Synonym:pusat
- half
- Synonyms:paruh,perdua
têngah
- while:during the same time that
- Synonyms:ketika,sementara
têngah
- (auxiliary)progressive aspect without necessarily a final perspective.
- Synonym:sedang
FromOld Javanesetĕngah.
tengah
- middle
- center
- navel
Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*təŋaq. Cognate withBalinesetengah,Cebuanotunga; and distantly withMaoritonga(“south”),Samoantoga(“south”).
tengah (Jawi spellingتڠه)
- (informal)progressive aspect marker, indicating an ongoing or incomplete action
- Synonym:sedang
Adamtengah makan.- Adamis eating
2005 [1849], Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, edited by Amin Sweeney,Hikayat Abdullah (Karya Lengkap Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi; 3)[1], Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia,→ISBN, page427:Maka pada masa itu akutengah mengajar seorang2 saudagar di rumah Tuan John Morgan.- Still at that time Iwas teaching a merchant at the house of Lord John Morgan.
tengah (Jawi spellingتڠه)
- middle,midst
Ada seekor beruang ditengah padang.- There's a bear in themiddle of the field.
- > Indonesian:tengah(inherited)
