senang
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian senang or Malay senang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈnɑŋ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: se‧nang
- Rhymes: -ɑŋ
Adjective
senang (not comparable)
- (Netherlands) comfortable, at ease, pleasant
- 2013, Trudy Coenen & Louise Koopman, Spijbelen doe je maar thuis. Het verhaal van een docent op het vmbo, Artemis (Ambo/Anthos).
- Hier voelde ik me senang.
- This is where I felt comfortable.
- 2020, Harry Piet, quoted in Drogisterij Amsterdam haalt zwarte gaper van gevel, NOS.
- Mijn medewerkers voelden zich de afgelopen dagen niet meer senang in de winkel.
- During the past few days my employees no longer felt at ease in the shop.
- 2013, Trudy Coenen & Louise Koopman, Spijbelen doe je maar thuis. Het verhaal van een docent op het vmbo, Artemis (Ambo/Anthos).
Inflection
Inflection of senang | ||||
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uninflected | senang | |||
inflected | senang | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | senang | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | senang | ||
n. sing. | senang | |||
plural | senang | |||
definite | senang | |||
partitive | senangs |
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay senang (“easy”).
- The senses of happy, content, pleased, and loved are semantic loan from Javanese seneng (ꦱꦼꦤꦼꦁ, “happy, glad, pleased; like”), the cognate in Javanese.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səˈnaŋ]
- Hyphenation: sê‧nang
Adjective
senang
- happy
- Synonyms: bahagia, suka
- content, pleased
- Synonym: puas
- love
- Synonyms: sayang, suka
- (dialect) well
- Synonym: baik
- (dated, dialect) easy
- Synonyms: mudah, praktis
Derived terms
- bersenang
- bersenang-senang
- bersenang-senangkan
- kesenangan
- mempersenang
- mempersenangkan
- menyenangi
- menyenangkan
Further reading
- “senang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Maguindanao
Noun
senáng
- sun
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sə.näŋ]
Adjective
senang (Jawi spelling سنڠ)
- easy
Derived terms
- bersenang
- kesenangan
- mempersenang
- menyenangi
- menyenangkan
Descendants
- Indonesian: senang
- → Dutch: senang
Further reading
- “senang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maranao
Noun
senang
- sun