sayang

noun, verb, adj and 1 more — 8 senses

sayang

noun

Malaysia, Singapore /ˈsaɪ.jaŋ/ · Philippines /ˈsa.jɑŋ/

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

sayang

verb

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

1

Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Colloquial, Indeclinable to love, adore

  • He does sayang me a lot
2

Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Colloquial, Indeclinable to regret, to miss (regret the absence of)

3

Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Colloquial, Indeclinable to soothe

4

Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Colloquial, Indeclinable to call someone by an affectionate nickname such as 'darling'

sayang

adj

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

sayang

intj

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

  • “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.”2005, Alex Garland, “Sandmen”, in The Tesseract, Penguin Group (USA) 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.2017, Russell Molina, “Magic Secrets, Revealed”, in Bumasa at Lumaya 2: A Sourcebook on Children's Literature in the Philippines, Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

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