tengah hari

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of tengah +‎ hari, from Malay tengah hari, from Proto-Malayic *təŋah hari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [təˈŋah ˈhari]

Noun

têngah hari

1. noon, midday.

   Synonym: siang

Further reading

• “tengah hari” 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

Alternative forms

• tengari

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *təŋah hari. By surface analysis, tengah (“middle”) +‎ hari (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təŋah hari/

Noun

tengah hari (Jawi spelling تڠه هاري, plural tengah-tengah hari, informal 1st possessive tengah hariku, 2nd possessive tengah harimu, 3rd possessive tengah harinya)

1. noon (midday)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tengah hari
• → Remontado Agta: tanghari
• → Tagalog: tanghali