# siring
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ

### Verb

siring
* present participle and gerund of sire

### Noun

siring (plural sirings)
* An act of procreation, especially between animals.
** 1972, Animal behavior monographs, volume 5, page 94:As the gestation length of horses and ponies is on average 336 days with a range of 315 to 365 days (Rossdale 1967), foals resulting from late May and early June sirings would be born throughout May the following year.

### Anagrams

* Rising, rising

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiɾiŋ/ [ˈsi.ɾiŋ]
* Hyphenation: si‧ring

### Adjective

síring (plural siriring, Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍᜒᜅ᜔)
* similar; like
    Synonyms: arog, agid, pareho

### Preposition

síring (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍᜒᜅ᜔)
* such as
    Synonym: arog

### Noun

síring (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍᜒᜅ᜔)
* resemble, likening
    Synonym: arog
* mimicry, imitation, apeing
    Synonym: arog-arog

#### Derived terms

* magsiring
* pasiring
* siringon

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

Compare Minangkabau siriang (“border, edge”).

### Noun

siring
* edge

#### Descendants

* Sabah Malay: siring

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈsiriŋ/ [ˈsi.rɪŋ]
* Rhymes: -iriŋ
* Syllabification: si‧ring

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay siring (“rattan shrimp-net”).

#### Noun

siring (plural siring-siring)
* rattan scoop for catching small fish, crustacean, etc.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau siriang. Compare Brunei Malay siring (“edge”).

#### Noun

siring (plural siring-siring)
* border, edge (of cloth)
    Synonym: tepi

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

siring (plural siring-siring)
* gutter, drain, ditch
    Synonyms: got, selokan
* (chiefly Sumatra) irrigation
    Synonyms: irigasi, pengairan
* under the stilt house

### Etymology 4

Inherited from Malay [Term?] (Bangka dialect). Compare Perak Malay siring (“wrapper of torch”).

#### Noun

siring (plural siring-siring)
* torch made of resin wood

### Etymology 5

Internationalism, from Latin sȳrinx (“reed; reed pipe, panpipes”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “panpipes; pipe-shaped object”), from Pre-Greek.

#### Noun

siring (plural siring-siring)
* (ornithology) syrinx

### Further reading

* “siring” 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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiriŋ/ [ˈsi.riŋ]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

siring (Jawi spelling سيريڠ, plural siring-siring, informal 1st possessive siringku, 2nd possessive siringmu, 3rd possessive siringnya)
* shrimp-net made of rattan

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: siring

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

siring (Jawi spelling سيريڠ, plural siring-siring, informal 1st possessive siringku, 2nd possessive siringmu, 3rd possessive siringnya)
* (Perak) wrapper of torch
* (Bangka) torch made of resin wood

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: siring

### Further reading

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

## Sabah Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Brunei Malay siring (“edge”).

### Noun

siring
* edge