tengah

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay tengah (“center”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təˈŋah/ [t̪əˈŋah] Rhymes: -ah Syllabification: te‧ngah === Noun === têngah (plural tengah-tengah) middle centre, center Synonym: pusat half Synonyms: paruh, perdua ==== Derived terms ==== === Conjunction === têngah while: during the same time that Synonyms: ketika, sementara === Adverb === têngah (auxiliary) progressive aspect without necessarily a final perspective. Synonym: sedang === Further reading === “tengah”, 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 == Javanese == === Etymology === From Old Javanese tĕngah. === Noun === tengah middle center navel == Malay == === Alternative forms === tgah, tgh (Internet, text messaging) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq. Cognate with Balinese tengah, Cebuano tunga, and Ilocano tengnga; and distantly with Māori tonga (“south”), Samoan toga (“south”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /təˈŋah/ [t̪əˈŋah] Rhymes: -əŋah, -ŋah, -ah Hyphenation: te‧ngah === Adverb === tengah (Jawi spelling تڠه) (informal) progressive aspect marker, indicating an ongoing or incomplete action Synonym: sedang === Noun === tengah (Jawi spelling تڠه, uncountable) middle, midst ==== Affixations ==== ==== Compounds ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: tengah (inherited) === See also === pusat (“centre”) === Further reading === "tengah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Sarawak Malay == === Alternative forms === tgh (text messaging, Internet) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq. Cognate with Balinese tengah, Cebuano tunga, and Ilocano tengnga; and distantly with Māori tonga (“south”), Samoan toga (“south”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /te.ŋah/ === Adverb === tengah (auxiliary) progressive aspect marker, indicating an ongoing or incomplete action === Noun === tengah middle, midst, centre === Related terms === angah (“second-born child”)