meng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "meng"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Verb

meng (third-person singular simple present mengs, present participle menging, simple past and past participle menged)

1. Alternative form of ming

Anagrams

• G-men

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz.

Determiner

meng

1. (Uri) many a, some

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 67.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Verb

meng

1. inflection of mengen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from Betawi mèng (“cat, meow, puss”), from Balinese méng (“cat”). Compare Javanese cemèng (“kitten”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛŋ/ [ˈmeŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ
• Syllabification: meng

Noun

meng (plural meng-meng)

1. (colloquial, endearing) cat

   Synonyms: kucing, meong, pus

2. (colloquial, endearing) meow (the cry of a cat)

   Synonym: meong

3. (colloquial, endearing) puss (used to address or call a cat)

   Synonyms: meong, pus

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meŋ/
• Rhymes: -eŋ

Pronoun

meng

1. first-person singular possessive pronoun, nominative or accusative case, feminine or plural object: my

   Hatt ass meng Schwëster.

   She is my sister.

See also

Luxembourgish possessive pronouns

				nominative / accusative				dative
				singular possessum			plural possessum	singular possessum			plural possessum
				m	f	n		m	f	n
singular possessor	1st person			mäin	meng	mäin	meng	mengem	menger	mengem	mengen
	2nd person	informal		däin	deng	däin	deng	dengem	denger	dengem	dengen
		formal		Ären	Är	Äert	Är	Ärem	Ärer	Ärem	Ären
	3rd person		m or n	säin	seng	säin	seng	sengem	senger	sengem	sengen
			f	hiren	hir	hiert	hir	hirem	hirer	hirem	hiren
plural possessor	1st person			eisen	eis	eist	eis	eisem	eiser	eisem	eisen
	2nd person			ären	är	äert	är	ärem	ärer	ärem	ären
	3rd person			hiren	hir	hiert	hir	hirem	hirer	hirem	hiren

Verb

meng

1. second-person singular imperative of mengen

Mandarin

Romanization

meng

1. nonstandard spelling of mēng
2. nonstandard spelling of méng
3. nonstandard spelling of měng
4. nonstandard spelling of mèng

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.

Mokilese

Verb

meng

1. (stative, of leaves) to be dried up
2. (stative, of vegetation) to be brown

Derived terms

• kamengi

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

meng

1. imperative of menge

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menj/, [mend͡ʒ]

Verb

menġ

1. singular imperative of menġan

Zazaki

Noun

meng f

1. month