sinag

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

sinag

1. sunlight
2. weather
3. summer

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (“ray of light”) (cf. Fijian siga (“sun”), Malay sinar, Nias sino, Samoan masina (“moon”), and Tausug sinag (“brightness”)), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (“sun”) (compare Amis cidal (“sun”) and Sakizaya cilal (“sun”)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsinaɡ/ [ˈsiː.n̪ɐɡ̚] (“ray of light; brightness; halo”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -inaɡ
  • IPA^(key): /siˈnaɡ/ [sɪˈn̪aɡ̚] (“seen hazily”, adjective; “(act of) looking through a translucent object”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aɡ
• Syllabification: si‧nag

Noun

sinag (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)

1. ray of light (from the sun, moon, stars, etc.)

   Synonyms: banaag, anag-ag, lamuymoy, silahis

2. brightness; lucidity (of a light)

   Synonym: liwanag

3. (religion) halo

   Synonyms: halo, diyadema

4. representation of rays (in a drawing, painting, etc.)

Derived terms

• masinagan
• sinag-araw
• sinag-buwan
• sinagan
• suminag

Adjective

sinág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)

1. seen hazily (through a translucent object)

   Synonyms: aninag, naaaninag, nanganganinag

Noun

sinág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄ᜔)

1. looking at something through a translucent object (often with difficulty)

   Synonyms: aninag, pag-aninag

2. condition of being seen hazily (through a translucent object)

Further reading

• “sinag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*siNaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• Isang, saing, sangi, singa, angis

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /sinaɡ/ [sɪˈn̪aɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -aɡ
• Syllabification: si‧nag

Noun

sinag (Sulat Sūg spelling سِنَݢْ)

1. brightness; gleam