cung

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cung"

Albanian

Alternative forms

• çung, cënuk, sung, qungj

Etymology

Cognate to Italian cionco, Romanian ciung, Hungarian csonka, although the relation to the Italian and Hungarian words is considered blurry by some. Alternatively, from a variant of cuk which is also present in kacuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡suŋ/

Adjective

cung (feminine cunge)

1. missing a limb
2. missing a tail, horn, or wing

Synonyms

• cungel

Noun

cung m (plural cungje, definite cungu, definite plural cungjet)

1. tree stump
2. grapevine pruned of its twigs

   Synonym: hardhi

3. stump of amputated limb (arm, leg)
4. (Cham) gum, edentulate jaw

   Synonyms: trysë, cungë

5. (Arvanitika) baby’s toothless gum
6. (Arbëresh) piece

   Synonym: copë

Declension

Declension of cung

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cung	cungu	cungje	cungjet
accusative		cungun
dative	cungu	cungut	cungjeve	cungjeve
ablative			cungjesh

Synonyms

• (tree stump): kërcu
• (tree stump): cumër
• (tree stump): kërçep
• (tree stump): kucër

Derived terms

• bishtcung
• cungajë
• cungal
• cungel
• cungë
• cungël
• cungët
• cungim
• cungishtë
• cungoj
• cungth
• cunguar
• cungull
• cungullim
• cungulloj
• dorëcung
• krahcung
• përcungull
• veshcung

Adverb

cung (regional, Pukë region)

1. around, very close, almost

   Synonym: cok

   është cung 70 vjeç ― he's 70 years old, give or take

Descendants

• → Greek: τσούγγος (tsoúngos, “muley, polled bull”)
• → Greek: τσιούγγους (tsioúngous, “muley, polled bull”)

Further reading

• “cung”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980

Musi

Etymology 1

Clipping of cucung (“grandchild”).

Noun

cung

1. vocative of cucung (“grandchild”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese (dialectal) cung, encung (“aubergine”), from Old Javanese cuṅ (“a kind of aubergine”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ; *d₁rɗuəŋ (“eggplant, bottle-gourd”). Compare Malay terung and Lampung Api tiyung.

Noun

cung

1. aubergine, brinjal, eggplant

Derived terms

• cung asem
• cung bulu
• cung kediro
• cung kokak

Further reading

• H. U. A. Zulkifly (2007), “CUNG”, in Kamus sederhana bahasa Palembang [A simple dictionary of the Palembang language], 2nd edition (in Indonesian), Tangerang: DPC Kerukunan Keluarga Palembang, page 55

Tagalog

Conjunction

cung (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔)

1. obsolete spelling of kung

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 宮.

Noun

cung

1. a palace

   cung/nhà văn hoá

   a palace/house of culture; a clubhouse

2. (astrology) a sign

   12 cung hoàng đạo

   the 12 zodiac signs

Derived terms

• cấm cung (禁宮)
• cung đấu (宮鬥)
• cung điện (宮殿)
• cung đình (宮廷)
• cung nữ (宮女)
• hậu cung (後宮)
• hoàng cung (“royal palace”)
• thuỷ cung (水宮)
• tử cung (子宮)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 宮.

Noun

cung

1. the first note in the classic pentatonic scale.

Derived terms

• cung bậc
• cung đàn (宮彈, “a piece of instrumental music”)
• cung thương (宮商, “harmony; music”)
• ngũ cung (五宮, “pentatonic”)

See also

• ngũ âm
• ngũ cung

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 弓.

Noun

(classifier cây) cung

1. (archery) bow

Noun

cung

1. (geometry) arc

Derived terms

• cung đạo (弓道)
• dây cung (“bowstring; chord”)

Related terms

• tên
• nỏ

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 供 (“to supply”).

Noun

cung

1. (economics) supply

Antonyms

• cầu (“demand”)

Derived terms

• cung cấp (供給)
• cung cầu (供求)
• cung phụng (供奉)
• hỏi cung

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German zunge.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cung f

1. (anatomy) tongue

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕuŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: cung¹
• Hyphenation: cung

Etymology 1

From Chinese 鐘 (MC tsyowng).

Noun

cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

1. bell
2. clock

Etymology 2

From Chinese 盅 (MC tsyowng).

Noun

cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

1. handleless cup

Classifier

cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

1. cup of; cupful of

Etymology 3

From Chinese 衝 (MC tsyhowng).

Verb

cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

1. to charge; to attack

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 沖?”)

Verb

cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

1. to mix; to blend; to add into