kening

English

Noun

kening

1. Misspelling of kenning.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənɪŋ/

Noun

kening (first-person possessive keningku, second-person possessive keningmu, third-person possessive keningnya)

1. eyebrow
2. forehead

Further reading

• “kening” 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.

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəneŋ/
• IPA^(key): /kənɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -əneŋ, -neŋ, -eŋ

Noun

kening (Jawi spelling کنيڠ, plural kening-kening, informal 1st possessive keningku, 2nd possessive keningmu, 3rd possessive keningnya)

1. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)

Further reading

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

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• kining, kinig, keneng, koning

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Noun

kening m

1. king

Inflection

Declension of kening (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	kening	keningar, keninga
genitive	keninges	keninga
dative	keninge	keningum, keningem
accusative	kening	keningar, keninga

Descendants

• North Frisian: köning, könning, käning
• Saterland Frisian: Kening
• West Frisian: kening

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian kening, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Noun

kening c (plural keningen, diminutive keninkje)

1. king

   Kening fan Ingelân ― King of England

2. (chess) king

Derived terms

• keninginne
• keningskip
• keninklik
• keninkryk

Further reading

• “kening”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011