ong

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ong"

English

Adverb

ong (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of ONG.

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse eng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔŋk/

Noun

ong f (genitive singular eingjar, plural eingir)

1. meadow

Inflection

Declension of ong
f11	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	{{{1}}}ong	{{{1}}}ongin	{{{1}}}eingir, {{{1}}}{{{5}}}ngur	{{{1}}}eingirnar, {{{1}}}{{{5}}}ngurnar
accusative	{{{1}}}ong	{{{1}}}ongina	{{{1}}}eingir, {{{1}}}{{{5}}}ngur	{{{1}}}eingirnar, {{{1}}}{{{5}}}ngurnar
dative	{{{1}}}ong	{{{1}}}ongini	{{{1}}}eingjum	{{{1}}}eingjunum
genitive	{{{1}}}eingjar, {{{1}}}ongar	{{{1}}}eingjarrinar, {{{1}}}ongarinnar	{{{1}}}eingja	{{{1}}}eingjanna

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

ong m (genitive singular oing)

1. (literary) tribulation, sorrow, dolour; moan, lament

Declension

Declension of ong

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ong Vocative a oing Genitive oing Dative ong

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-ong Genitive an oing Dative leis an ong don ong

Etymology 2

Verb

ong (present analytic ongann, future analytic ongfaidh, verbal noun ongadh, past participle ongtha)

1. (transitive) Alternative form of ung (“anoint”)

Conjugation

conjugation of ong (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	ongaim	ongann tú; ongair†	ongann sé, sí	ongaimid	ongann sibh	ongann siad; ongaid†	a ongann; a ongas / a n-ongann*	ongtar
	past	d'ong mé; d'ongas / ong mé‡; ongas‡	d'ong tú; d'ongais / ong tú; ongais‡	d'ong sé, sí / ong sé, sí‡	d'ongamar; d'ong muid / ongamar; ong muid‡	d'ong sibh; d'ongabhair / ong sibh; ongabhair‡	d'ong siad; d'ongadar / ong siad; ongadar‡	a d'ong / ar ong*	ongadh; hongadh†
	past habitual	d'ongainn / ongainn‡; n-ongainn‡‡	d'ongtá / ongtá‡; n-ongtᇇ	d'ongadh sé, sí / ongadh sé, sí‡; n-ongadh sé, s퇇	d'ongaimis; d'ongadh muid / ongaimis; ongadh muid‡; n-ongaimis‡‡; n-ongadh muid‡‡	d'ongadh sibh / ongadh sibh‡; n-ongadh sibh‡‡	d'ongaidís; d'ongadh siad / ongaidís; ongadh siad‡; n-ongaidís‡‡; n-ongadh siad‡‡	a d'ongadh / a n-ongadh*	d'ongtaí / ongtaí‡; n-ongta퇇
future		ongfaidh mé; ongfad	ongfaidh tú; ongfair†	ongfaidh sé, sí	ongfaimid; ongfaidh muid	ongfaidh sibh	ongfaidh siad; ongfaid†	a ongfaidh; a ongfas / a n-ongfaidh*	ongfar
conditional		d'ongfainn / ongfainn‡; n-ongfainn‡‡	d'ongfá / ongfá‡; n-ongfᇇ	d'ongfadh sé, sí / ongfadh sé, sí‡; n-ongfadh sé, s퇇	d'ongfaimis; d'ongfadh muid / ongfaimis‡; ongfadh muid‡; n-ongfaimis‡‡; n-ongfadh muid‡‡	d'ongfadh sibh / ongfadh sibh‡; n-ongfadh sibh‡‡	d'ongfaidís; d'ongfadh siad / ongfaidís‡; ongfadh siad‡; n-ongfaidís‡‡; n-ongfadh siad‡‡	a d'ongfadh / a n-ongfadh*	d'ongfaí / ongfaí‡; n-ongfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-onga mé; go n-ongad†	go n-onga tú; go n-ongair†	go n-onga sé, sí	go n-ongaimid; go n-onga muid	go n-onga sibh	go n-onga siad; go n-ongaid†	—	go n-ongtar
	past	dá n-ongainn	dá n-ongtá	dá n-ongadh sé, sí	dá n-ongaimis; dá n-ongadh muid	dá n-ongadh sibh	dá n-ongaidís; dá n-ongadh siad	—	dá n-ongtaí
imperative		ongaim	ong	ongadh sé, sí	ongaimis	ongaigí; ongaidh†	ongaidís	—	ongtar
verbal noun		ongadh
past participle		ongtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ong	n-ong	hong	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ong”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

ong

1. Nonstandard spelling of ōng.

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.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *onki, a borrowing from an Indo-European language. Cognates include Finnish onki.

Noun

ong

1. fishing hook
2. fishing rod

Declension

Inflection of ong (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing.	ong
genitive sing.	ongen
partitive sing.	onged
partitive plur.	ongid
	singular	plural
nominative	ong	onged
accusative	ongen	onged
genitive	ongen	ongiden
partitive	onged	ongid
essive-instructive	ongen	ongin
translative	ongeks	ongikš
inessive	onges	ongiš
elative	ongespäi	ongišpäi
illative	ongehe	ongihe
adessive	ongel	ongil
ablative	ongelpäi	ongilpäi
allative	ongele	ongile
abessive	ongeta	ongita
comitative	ongenke	ongidenke
prolative	ongedme	ongidme
approximative I	ongenno	ongidenno
approximative II	ongennoks	ongidennoks
egressive	ongennopäi	ongidennopäi
terminative I	ongehesai	ongihesai
terminative II	ongelesai	ongilesai
terminative III	ongessai	—
additive I	ongehepäi	ongihepäi
additive II	ongelepäi	ongilepäi

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese ao᷄, from Proto-Vietic *ʔɔːŋ (“honey bee”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔuŋ ~ *ʔuəŋ ~ *huŋ ~ *huəŋ (“wasp; hornet”). Cognate with Thavung ออง (“wasp”), Pacoh hong (“large bee, wasp”), Bahnar ong (“wasp”), Khmu ʔɔːŋ ("wasp"), Mon ဟိုၚ် (hang, “hornet”), Semelai hɔŋ ("hornet").

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɔŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Hà Tĩnh) IPA ^(key): [ʔɔŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) ong • (蜂, 螉)

1. bee

See also

Derived terms

• ăn ong
• mật ong
• ong bắp cày
• ong bầu
• ong bò
• ong bò vẽ
• ong bù
• ong chúa
• ong khoái
• ong lá
• ong mật
• ong nghệ
• ong ruồi
• ong thợ
• ong vàng
• ong vò vẽ