bayang

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbajaŋ/ [ˈbaː.jaŋ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧yang

Etymology 1

From the first word of the Philippine national anthem.

Noun

báyang (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌᜅ᜔)

1. a flag ceremony

Verb

báyang

1. to conduct a flag ceremony

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

báyang (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌᜅ᜔)

1. silver moony (Monodactylus argenteus)
2. concertinafish (Drepane punctata)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbajaŋ/ [ˈba.jaŋ]
• Rhymes: -ajaŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧yang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bayang. Doublet of wayang.

Noun

bayang (plural bayang-bayang)

1. shadow

Derived terms

• bayang-bayang
• bayangan
• berbayang
• berbayang-bayang
• membayang
• membayang-bayangi
• membayang-bayangkan
• membayangi
• membayangkan
• pembayang
• pembayangan
• terbayang
• terbayang-bayang
• terbayangkan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese bayang (“bed”).

Noun

bayang (plural bayang-bayang)

1. bamboo or wooden bed

Further reading

• “bayang”, 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

Lotha Naga

Alternative forms

• payang

Noun

bayang

1. spider

Further reading

• Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 135
• Department of Art & Culture, Government of Nagaland (2020), Lotha Bilingual Dictionary‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 August 2022, page 249
• Acharya, K. P. (1983), Lotha Grammar (CIIL Grammar Series), volume 10, Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 30

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbajaŋ/, [ˈɓa.jãŋ]
• Syllabification: ba‧yang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *bayaŋ (“shadow”). Compare Buginese bajang, Toraja-Sa'dan bayang, baang (“transparent”).

Noun

bayang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨐ or 𑻤𑻬, definite bayanga, 3rd person possessive bayanna)

1. dimness, faintness, indistinctness, silhouette, trace (state of being faintly perceptible)

   Tena bayanna jaʼdalaʼna.

   No one is as naughty as he is.

   (literally, “There is no faint image of his naughtiness to be seen in others”)

2. dusk, twilight, gloaming

   Tallammi bayanga.

   Evening is falling.

   (literally, “The twilight has sunk”)

Adjective

bayang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨐ or 𑻤𑻬)

1. thin, sheer, translucent, diaphanous, see-through

   Bayanna antu lipaʼnu.

   How thin and sheer that sarong of yours is.

   Bayanna tannunna anne lipaka.

   How thinly woven this sarong is.

   Sanngimmami bayang bibereʼna.

   She knows very well how to have her say.

   (literally, “Her lips are nothing but thin”)

Derived terms

affixations

• aʼbayang
• aʼbayang-bayang
• bayang-bayang
• mabayang
• pabayang
• pabayang-bayanngang
• pibayang
• taʼbayang-bayang

compounds

• ammempo bayang
• ammempo ribayang
• ammenteng ribayang
• bibereʼ mabayang
• kasoroʼ bayang
• pabayang kale
• peppeʼ bayang
• pibayang kale
• sulepe peppeʼ bayang

Etymology 2

Cognate with Malay bayan.

Noun

bayang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨐ or 𑻤𑻬, definite bayanga, 3rd person possessive bayanna)

1. parakeet, parrot (green bird with an orange beak)

   Coordinate term: daʼngaʼ

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bayang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨐ or 𑻤𑻬, definite bayanga, 3rd person possessive bayanna)

1. merbau, ironwood (Intsia palembanica and Intsia bijuga)
2. merbau wood, timber (very suitable for heavy constructions such as bridges, and as building material)

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, pages 94-95

Malay

Etymology

Doublet of wayang. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba.jaŋ]

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• Rhymes: -jaŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ba‧yang

Noun

bayang (Jawi spelling بايڠ, also used in the form bayang-bayang)

1. shadow
2. shade (place shielded from the sun)
3. reflection (of a mirror, body of water, etc.)
4. silhouette
5. image (in one's head)

Affixations

• bayangan
• bayangi
• bayangkan
• berbayang
• membayang
• pembayang
• pembayangan
• terbayang

Descendants

• Indonesian: bayang

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “بايڠ bajang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 47
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “بايڠ bayang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 89
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “bayang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 94

Further reading

• "bayang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "bayang" at PRPM first version)