# sayang
## English
### Etymology

* (Singaporean and Malaysian English): Borrowed from Malay sayang.
* (Philippine English): Borrowed from Tagalog sayang.

### Pronunciation

* (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.jaŋ/, /ˈsa-/
* (Philippines) IPA: /ˈsa.jɑŋ/

### Noun

sayang (uncountable) (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, colloquial)
* love
* sweetheart, darling

### Verb

sayang (indeclinable) (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, colloquial)
* to love, adore
    He does sayang me a lot
* to regret, to miss (regret the absence of)
* to soothe
* to call someone by an affectionate nickname such as 'darling'

### Adjective

sayang (comparative more sayang, superlative most sayang) (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, colloquial)
* pitiful, regrettable

### Interjection

sayang (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, colloquial)
* alas, what a pity!
** 2005, Alex Garland, “Sandmen”, in The Tesseract‎, Penguin Group (USA) Inc., →ISBN:“Um, okay...” Rosa glanced at the blank boxes. “Cried over spilled milk. Six letters, third letter is a...” “Sayang,” said the old man cheerfully. “Sayang. It fits, po...” “Sayang. That's what I say whenever I spill some milk.” He cackled. “With these weak wrists and fingers, I say sayang several times a day! Give me another.”
** 2017, Russell Molina, “Magic Secrets, Revealed”, in Bumasa at Lumaya 2: A Sourcebook on Children's Literature in the Philippines‎, Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:But going back to my dad, he died four years ago of leukemia. So he never met my daughter and he never reached the date of our wedding. So sayang. So I decided I wanted to write a book about him. I wanted to write a book for him and about him, for my daughter so she would get to know her lolo. And I was really stumped. Wala akong maisip about a story. This was the time when I just wrote Tuwing Sabado.

### Further reading

* sayang at A Dictionary of Singlish

### Anagrams

* yagnas

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: sa‧yang
* IPA: /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsa.jaŋ]

### Noun

sáyang
* pity; shame
    Synonyms: hirak, supog
* waste
    Synonyms: kanugon, rawraw, rakwa, ratak

### Interjection

sáyang!
* what a pity; what a shame; what a waste

#### Derived terms

* magsayang
* makasayang
* masayang
* sayangon

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* sajang (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

### Etymology

From Malay sayang (“love; it were a pity; alas that”),
* from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”).
* from New/Middle Indo-Aryan (such as Punjabi [script needed] (sāīyā̃, “master”) and Nepali [script needed] (saiyā̃, “master”)), from Sanskrit स्वामी (svāmī), singular nominative of स्वामिन् (svāmín). Therefore, doublet of suami.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsa.jaŋ]
* Rhymes: -ajaŋ
* Syllabification: sa‧yang

### Noun

sayang
* love (a profound and caring affection towards someone)
* An affectionate term of address: darling
* A term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse: baby

### Interjection

sayang
* alas, what a pity, what a shame, what a waste
    Sayang sekali! ― What a pity!

### Adjective

sayang
* (predicative in a sentence only) waste, wasteful

### Verb

sayang (passive disayang)
* to love

#### Derived terms

* kesayangan
* sayangi
* sayangkan
* sayangnya
* tersayang

### References

* ↑ Tom Hoogervorst (2017 December 31) Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, 9. The Role of “Prakrit” in Maritime Southeast Asia through 101 Etymologies‎, ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 375–440

### Further reading

* “sayang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsa.jaŋ]
* Rhymes: -ajaŋ
* Hyphenation: sa‧yang

### Noun

sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ, plural sayang-sayang, informal 1st possessive sayangku, 2nd possessive sayangmu, 3rd possessive sayangnya)
* love
* sweetheart; darling

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: sayang
* → English: sayang

### Verb

sayang
* to love

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: sayang
* → English: sayang
* → Hokkien: 捎央, 沙央 (sa-iang)

### Adjective

sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ)
* to be loving, affectionate

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* penyayang [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* kesayangan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
* sayang-sayang [reduplication] (redup)
* sesayang [comparability] (se-)
* kesayangan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
* persayang [causative passive] (peR-)
* sayangkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
* sayangi [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
* tersayang [agentless action] (teR-)
* bersayang [stative / habitual] (beR-)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: sayang
* → English: sayang

### Interjection

sayang (Jawi spelling سايڠ)
* what a pity

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: sayang
* → English: sayang
* → Hokkien: 捎央, 沙央 (sa-iang)

### Further reading

* “sayang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Sundanese
### Etymology

Compare Indonesian sarang, Malay sarang.

### Noun

sayang or ᮞᮚᮀ • (sayang)
* nest
* den

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”). Compare Bikol Central sayang, Kapampangan sayang, and Malay sayang.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsaː.jɐŋ] (“waste; decay”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -ajaŋ
** IPA: /ˈsajaŋ/ [ˈsaː.jɐŋ], /saˈjaŋ/ [sɐˈjaŋ] (“wasted”, adjective)
*** Rhymes: -ajaŋ, -aŋ
* Syllabification: sa‧yang

### Noun

sayang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)
* waste; wasting (of a resource, talent, etc.)
    Synonyms: pagsayang, pagkasayang
* useless spending; useless consumption
    Synonyms: aksaya, pag-aksaya, pag-aaksaya
* waste of an opportunity; failure to take advantage
* gradual loss, decrease, or destruction by decay, etc.

#### Derived terms

* hinayang
* ikasayang
* kahina-hinayang
* magsayang
* manghinayang
* nakapanghihinayang
* pagkasayang
* pagsayang
* panghihinayang
* panghinayangan
* sayangin
* walang-hinayang

### Adjective

sayang or sayáng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)
* wasted; uselessly spent or consumed

### Interjection

sayang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜅ᜔)
* what a pity!

### Further reading

* “sayang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* sangay, yasang