sayangBahasa Indonesia

love, dear, beloved, darling, little

Very common #615 of the corpus · 210.2 per million words · 897,859 occurrences

Verb

Noun

A strong positive emotion of regard and affection

English: love

Bahasa: kasih, cinta, kasih sayang

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Warm compassionate feelings

English: tenderness, tenderheartedness

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A beloved person, used as terms of endearment

English: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love

Bahasa: cinta, pacar, kekasih, tercinta, abang, buah hati

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A special loved one

English: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky

Bahasa: kekasih, kesayangan, anak mas, buah hati

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An unfortunate development

English: pity, shame

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(slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

English: baby, babe, sister

Bahasa: bayi, Perempuan, buah hati

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Adjective

Dearly loved

English: beloved, darling, dear

Bahasa: tercinta, kesayangan, tersayang

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With or in a close or intimate relationship

English: dear, good, near

Bahasa: hampir, wahai

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2 more adjective senses

Lowercase

English: little, minuscule, small

Bahasa: kecil, huruf kecil

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(of children and animals) young, immature

English: little, small

Bahasa: kecil, rendah

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Word family of sayang

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