tengah

From Malay tengah (“center”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.

• IPA^(key): [təˈŋah]
• Hyphenation: tê‧ngah

têngah (first-person possessive tengahku, second-person possessive tengahmu, third-person possessive tengahnya)

1. middle
2. centre, center

   Synonym: pusat

3. half

   Synonyms: paruh, perdua

têngah

1. while: during the same time that.

   Synonyms: ketika, sementara

têngah

1. (auxiliary) progressive aspect without necessarily a final perspective.

   Synonym: sedang

• “tengah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Javanese tĕngah.

tengah

1. middle
2. center
3. navel

• tgah, tgh (SMS slang)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq. Cognate with Balinese tengah, Cebuano tunga; and distantly with Maori tonga (“south”), Samoan toga (“south”)

• IPA^(key): /təŋah/
• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /təŋäh/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /təŋah/
• Rhymes: -ŋah, -ah

tengah (Jawi spelling تڠه‎)

1. (colloquial) in the middle of doing, currently

   Kak Tam tengah buat apa, sekarang?

   What is Kak Tam doing right now?

   Synonym: sedang

   • 2005 [1849], Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, Amin Sweeney, editor, Hikayat Abdullah (Karya Lengkap Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi; 3)‎, Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, →ISBN, page 427:

     Maka pada masa itu aku tengah mengajar seorang2 saudagar di rumah Tuan John Morgan.

     Still at that time I was in the middle of teaching a merchant at the house of Lord John Morgan.

tengah (Jawi spelling تڠه‎, informal 1st possessive tengahku, 2nd possessive tengahmu, 3rd possessive tengahnya)

1. middle, midst, centre

   Ada seekor beruang di tengah padang itu.

   There's a bear in the middle of the field.

• pusat

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