yang-yang

See also: yángyáng and yàngyàng

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplicated form of yang, from hiang, from Proto-Malayic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiaŋ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *hiaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iaŋ iaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -iaŋ, -jaŋ, -aŋ

Noun

yang-yang (Jawi spelling يڠ٢)

  1. Alternative form of hiang

Synonyms

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