kong

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 槓 / 杠 (gong³ / gung³).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kɑŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

kong (plural kongs)

1. (mahjong) A set of four identical tiles.

   Synonyms: kan, quad, four-of-a-kind

2. (mahjong) A call declaring the formation of such a set.

   Synonym: kan

Usage notes

While kong is the traditional English term, among English-speaking players of the Japanese variant of mahjong it is more common to use the Japanese-derived term kan.

Coordinate terms

• chow
• pung

Translations

See also

• kong bak pau

Anagrams

• gonk

Apatani

Numeral

kong

1. one

   Synonym: kòne

References

• P. T. Abraham, Apatani-English-Hindi Dictionary (1987)

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoŋ/ [ˈkoŋ]

Conjunction

kong

1. Alternative form of kun

Danish

Etymology

A pretonic form of konge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnɡ/, [kʰʌŋ]

Noun

kong

1. king (used as a title before the name of a king)

See also

• grev

Hokkien

Hungarian

Etymology

From a sound-imitative root + -g (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoŋɡ]
• Rhymes: -oŋɡ

Verb

kong

1. (intransitive) to resound

Conjugation

or

Derived terms

• kongás
• kongat
• kong-bong

Related terms

• kondít
• kondul
• kongat

References

Further reading

• kong in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Mandarin

Romanization

kong

1. Nonstandard spelling of kōng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kǒng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kòng.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

North Moluccan Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koŋ/

Particle

kong

1. (when used at the end of sentence) Indicates an emphatic declarative sentence.

2. (when used at the end of sentence, with interrogative intonation) Indicates a question.

3. Indicates amazement or similar.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kaun.

Noun

kong m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural konger, definite plural kongene)

1. boil, carbuncle, abscess

Etymology 2

From konge (“king”).

Noun

kong (indeclinable)

1. The titular prefix given to a king

   kong Haakon VII

Related terms

• konge

References

• “kong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kong” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kaun n.

Alternative forms

• kaun

Noun

kong m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural kongar, definite plural kongane)

1. boil, carbuncle, abscess

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kongr and konungr, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Akin to English king.

Alternative forms

• kung, konge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuŋ/, [ku̞ŋɡ], [ku̞ŋː], /koŋ/, [kɞ̞ŋɡ], [kɞ̞ŋː]
• Hyphenation: kóng

Noun

kong m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural kongar, definite plural kongane)

1. king
   1. a male monarch
   2. a playing piece in chess
   3. a playing card with the image of a king on it
2. The titular prefix given to a king

   kong Haakon VII

References

• “kong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kong” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring