# tinggi
## Brunei Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiŋɡi/
* Hyphenation: ting‧gi

### Adjective

tinggi
* high (elevation)
* tall (height)

#### Synonyms

* (height): jagau (human height)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “elevation”): randah
* (antonym(s) of “height”): buntak, pindik, randah

## Iban
### Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit तुङ्ग (tuṅga).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiŋɡiʔ/

### Adjective

tinggi
* high (elevation)
* tall (height)

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈtiŋɡi/ [ˈt̪iŋ.ɡi]
* Rhymes: -iŋɡi
* Syllabification: ting‧gi

### Etymology 1

From Malay tinggi, possibly from Sanskrit तुङ्ग (tuṅga, “high”).

#### Adjective

tinggi
* high, tall
    adikku tinggi ― my sister is tall
    demam tinggi ― high fever
* high (elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development)
* (uncommon) lofty, arrogant, proud
    Synonym: sombong
* (phonetics) high (made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate)
    vokal tinggi ― high vowel
* high, intoxicated, drunk
    Waktu aku lagi tinggi hilang akal sehatku. ― When I was high, I lost my mind.
* noble, advanced
    Synonyms: luhur, mulia

#### Noun

tinggi (plural tinggi-tinggi)
* tallness
* height
    Synonym: ketinggian

#### Derived terms

* dipertinggi
* ditinggikan
* ketinggian
* mempertinggi
* meninggi
* meninggikan
* pemertinggi
* peninggi
* peninggian
* petinggi
* setinggi
* setinggi-tinggi
* tertinggi
* tinggi cakap
* tinggi dasar awan
* tinggi dominan
* tinggi duduk
* tinggi fundus
* tinggi hari
* tinggi hati
* tinggi kandungan
* tinggi kerucut
* tinggi lawak-lawak
* tinggi mata
* tinggi rezeki

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese tiṅgi (“bed-bug”).

#### Noun

tinggi (plural tinggi-tinggi)
* (rare) bedbug, bed bug
    Synonyms: bangsat, kepinding, kutu busuk

### References

* ↑ 2002, Slank, I Miss You But I Hate You.

### Further reading

* “tinggi” 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

Possibly from Sanskrit तुङ्ग (tuṅga, “high”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiŋɡi/
* Rhymes: -ɡi, -i
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Adjective

tinggi (Jawi spelling تيڠݢي)
* high
* tall

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* peninggian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* ketinggian [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
* setinggi [comparability] (se-)
* setinggi-tinggi [reduplication + comparability] (redup + se-)
* meninggi [agent focus] (meN-)
* meninggikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* ditinggikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* tertinggi [agentless action] (teR-)
* mempertinggi [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
* dipertinggi [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
* tinggi-tinggi [reduplication] (redup)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: tinggi

### Further reading

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