Etymology

sayang

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Malay sayang ← Tagalog sayang
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The story

  1. Tagalog · borrowed fromsayang
  2. Malay · borrowed fromsayang
  3. English todaysayang

* (Singaporean and Malaysian English): Borrowed from Malay sayang. * (Philippine English): Borrowed from Tagalog sayang.

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