kong
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 槓/杠 (gàng).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Noun
kong (plural kongs)
- (mahjong) A set of four identical tiles.
Translations
mahjong: a set of four identical tiles
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Noun
kong
- king, used as a title before the name of a king
- Kong Lars var en konge.
- King Lars was a king.
- Kong Lars var en konge.
See also
Hungarian
Etymology
From a sound-imitative root + -g (frequentative suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
kong
- (intransitive) to resound
Conjugation
conjugation of kong
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | kongok | kongasz | kong | kongunk | kongotok or kongtok |
konganak | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | kongtam | kongtál | kongott | kongtunk | kongtatok | kongtak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. kongani fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | kongék | kongál | konga | kongánk | kongátok | kongának | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kong vala, kongott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | kongandok | kongandasz | kongand | kongandunk | kongandotok | kongandanak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | konganék | konganál | kongana | konganánk | konganátok | konganának | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kongott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | kongjak | kongj or kongjál |
kongjon | kongjunk | kongjatok | kongjanak | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kongott légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | kongani | konganom | konganod | kongania | konganunk | konganotok | konganiuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
kongás | kongó | kongott | ― | kongva (kongván) | |||||
potential conjugation of kong
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | konghatok | konghatsz | konghat | konghatunk | konghattok | konghatnak | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | konghattam | konghattál | konghatott | konghattunk | konghattatok | konghattak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | konghaték | konghatál | konghata | konghatánk | konghatátok | konghatának | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. konghat vala, konghatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | konghatandok or kongandhatok |
konghatandasz or kongandhatsz |
konghatand or kongandhat |
konghatandunk or kongandhatunk |
konghatandotok or kongandhattok |
konghatandanak or kongandhatnak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | konghatnék | konghatnál | konghatna | konghatnánk | konghatnátok | konghatnának | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. konghatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | konghassak | konghass or konghassál |
konghasson | konghassunk | konghassatok | konghassanak | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. konghatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (konghatni) | (konghatnom) | (konghatnod) | (konghatnia) | (konghatnunk) | (konghatnotok) | (konghatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (konghatva / konghatván) | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ kong in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- kong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Mandarin
Romanization
kong
- Nonstandard spelling of kōng.
- Nonstandard spelling of kǒng.
- Nonstandard spelling of kòng.
- Nonstandard spelling of kõng.
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.
Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of kong – see 光 (“light; beam; ray; glory; pride; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 光). |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
kong m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural konger, definite plural kongene)
Etymology 2
From konge (“king”)
Noun
kong (indeclinable)
- The titular prefix given to a king
- kong Haakon VII
Related terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
kong m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural kongar, definite plural kongane)
Etymology 2
From konge (“king”)
Noun
kong (indeclinable)
- The titular prefix given to a king
- kong Haakon VII
Related terms
References
- “kong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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