ong

See also: Ong, ONG, ông, ống, ổng, -ong, and -öng

Faroese

Etymology

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

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Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

ong m (genitive singular oing)

1. (literary) tribulation, sorrow; 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*; a n-ongas*	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*; a n-ongfas*	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

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Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish onki.

Noun

ong

1. hook (for fishing)

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Vietnamese

Etymology

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”).

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ăn ong
• mật ong
• ong bắp cày
• ong bò
• ong bò vẽ
• ong khoái
• ong lá
• ong mật
• ong nghệ
• ong ruồi
• ong vàng
• ong vò vẽ