tinggi
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Brunei Malay[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tinggi
Synonyms[edit]
- (height): jagau (human height)
Antonyms[edit]
Iban[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Sanskrit तुङ्ग (tuṅga).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tinggi
Indonesian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Malay tinggi, from Sanskrit तुङ्ग (tuṅga, “high”).
Adjective[edit]
tinggi
- high:
- physically elevated, extending above a base or average level (e.g. building, heel, grass)
- tall, having a specified elevation or height (e.g. person, building, tree)
- elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- demam tinggi ― high fever
- lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
- Synonym: sombong
- (phonetics) made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
- intoxicated: under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- Waktu aku lagi tinggi hilang akal sehatku.[1] ― When I was high, I lost my mind.
- noble
- advanced:
- active
Noun[edit]
tinggi (first-person possessive tinggiku, second-person possessive tinggimu, third-person possessive tingginya)
- height: the vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Learned borrowing from Old Javanese tiṅgi (“bed-bug”).
Noun[edit]
tinggi (first-person possessive tinggiku, second-person possessive tinggimu, third-person possessive tingginya)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Sanskrit तुङ्ग (tuṅga, “high”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tinggi (Jawi spelling تيڠݢي)
Derived terms[edit]
Affixed terms and other derivations
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[edit]
- Indonesian: tinggi
Further reading[edit]
- “tinggi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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