sinag
Dupaningan Agta
Noun
sinag
- sunlight
- weather
- summer
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (“ray of light”) (compare Fijian siga (“sun”), Malay sinar, Nias sino, Samoan masina (“moon”), and Tausug sinag (“brightness”)), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (“sun”) (compare Amis cidal (“sun”) and Sakizaya cilal (“sun”)).
Pronunciation 1
- Hyphenation: si‧nag
- IPA(key): /ˈsinaɡ/, [ˈsi.nɐɡ]
Noun
sinag
- ray of light (from the sun, moon, stars, etc.)
- Synonyms: banaag, anag-ag
- brightness; lucidity (of a light)
- Synonym: liwanag
- (religion) halo
- Synonym: halo
- representation of rays (in a drawing, painting, etc.)
Derived terms
- masinagan
- sinagan
- sinag-araw
- sinag-buwan
- suminag
Pronunciation 2
- Hyphenation: si‧nag
- IPA(key): /siˈnaɡ/, [sɪˈnaɡ]
Adjective
sinág
- seen hazily (through a translucent object)
- Synonyms: aninag, naaaninag, nanganganinag
Noun
sinág
- looking at something through a translucent object (often with difficulty)
- Synonyms: aninag, pag-aninag
- condition of being seen hazily (through a translucent object)
Further reading
- “sinag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ.
Noun
sinag
- brightness; gleam