jong
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “fortress, castle; province, district”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dʒɒŋ/
Noun
jong (plural jongs)
- A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
- 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Tauris Parke 2011, p. 211:
- When they had gone I went for a solitary ride, rounding the Jong and striking out into the country through a subsidiary village.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 451:
- However, the Tibetans refused to negotiate – except on the British side of the frontier – and withdrew into their fortress, or jong.
- 2011, Peter Harrison, Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas, Osprey 2011, p. 14:
- The origin of the Tibetan dzong is not known although there is evidence of Chinese and Mongol influences in the style of their military architecture.
- 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Tauris Parke 2011, p. 211:
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
jong (plural jongens)
Related terms
Adjective
jong
- attributive form of jonk
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.
Pronunciation
Adjective
jong (comparative jonger, superlative jongst)
Inflection
Declension of jong | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | jong | |||
inflected | jonge | |||
comparative | jonger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | jong | jonger | het jongst het jongste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | jonge | jongere | jongste |
n. sing. | jong | jonger | jongste | |
plural | jonge | jongere | jongste | |
definite | jonge | jongere | jongste | |
partitive | jongs | jongers | — |
Antonyms
Noun
jong n (plural jongen, diminutive jonkie n or jongske n)
Verb
jong
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of jongen
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of jongen
See also
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.
Adjective
jong
Antonyms
Noun
dim=jungskePlease see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
jong m (plural jonges)
- boy, young guy
- (colloquial, Maastrichtian) a colloquial term of address for a man, along the lines of e.g. mate
- Wie geit 't mèt diech jong?
- How are you doing mate?
- A young: a young being, especially an animal.
Related terms
- jungske (diminutive)
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Adjective
jong (masculine jongen, neuter jongt, comparative méi jong, superlative am jéngsten)
Declension
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass jong | si ass jong | et ass jong | si si(nn) jong | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | jongen | jong | jongt | jong |
independent without determiner | jonges | jonger | |||
dative | after any declined word | jongen | jonger | jongen | jongen |
as first declined word | jongem | jongem |
Related terms
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Min Nan 船 (tsûng), from Proto-Min *-džionᴬ (“ship, boat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lawŋ (“boat”). Compare Old Chinese 船 (OC *ɦljon).
Pronunciation
Noun
jong (plural jong-jong, informal 1st possessive jongku, 2nd possessive jongmu, 3rd possessive jongnya)
- Jong (a Javanese-Malay cargo and passenger ship)
- English terms borrowed from Tibetan
- English terms derived from Tibetan
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Afrikaans terms with rare senses
- Afrikaans non-lemma forms
- Afrikaans adjective forms
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔŋ
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- nl:Age
- nl:Baby animals
- Limburgish terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Limburgish terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Limburgish terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch
- Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Limburgish lemmas
- Limburgish adjectives
- Limburgish nouns
- Limburgish masculine nouns
- Limburgish colloquialisms
- Maastrichtian Limburgish
- Limburgish terms with usage examples
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/oŋ
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish adjectives
- Regional Luxembourgish
- Luxembourgish dated terms
- Malay terms borrowed from Min Nan
- Malay terms derived from Min Nan
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Watercraft