tinggi

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiŋɡi/
• Hyphenation: ting‧gi

Adjective

tinggi

1. high (elevation)
2. tall (height)

Synonyms

• (height): jagau (human height)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “elevation”): randah
• (antonym(s) of “height”): buntak, pindik, randah

Iban

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit तुङ्ग (tuṅga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiŋɡiʔ/

Adjective

tinggi

1. high (elevation)
2. tall (height)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtiŋɡi/ [ˈt̪iŋ.ɡi]
• Rhymes: -iŋɡi
• Syllabification: ting‧gi

Etymology 1

From Malay tinggi, possibly from Sanskrit तुङ्ग (tuṅga, “high”).

Adjective

tinggi

1. high, tall

   adikku tinggi ― my sister is tall

   demam tinggi ― high fever

2. high (elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development)
3. (uncommon) lofty, arrogant, proud

   Synonym: sombong

4. (phonetics) high (made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate)

   vokal tinggi ― high vowel

5. high, intoxicated, drunk

   Waktu aku lagi tinggi hilang akal sehatku. ― When I was high, I lost my mind.

6. noble, advanced

   Synonyms: luhur, mulia

Noun

tinggi (plural tinggi-tinggi)

1. tallness
2. height

   Synonym: ketinggian

Derived terms

• dipertinggi
• ditinggikan
• ketinggian
• mempertinggi
• meninggi
• meninggikan
• pemertinggi
• peninggi
• peninggian
• petinggi
• setinggi
• setinggi-tinggi
• tertinggi

• tinggi cakap
• tinggi dasar awan
• tinggi dominan
• tinggi duduk
• tinggi fundus
• tinggi hari
• tinggi hati
• tinggi kandungan
• tinggi kerucut
• tinggi lawak-lawak
• tinggi mata
• tinggi rezeki

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese tiṅgi (“bed-bug”).

Noun

tinggi (plural tinggi-tinggi)

1. (rare) bedbug, bed bug

   Synonyms: bangsat, kepinding, kutu busuk

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit तुङ्ग (tuṅga, “high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiŋɡi/
• Rhymes: -ɡi, -i

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Adjective

tinggi (Jawi spelling تيڠݢي)

1. high
2. tall

Derived terms

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

• Indonesian: tinggi

Further reading

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