pung

See also: Pung and pu̇ng

English

A pung used to deliver groceries in New Hampshire, US

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʌŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Etymology 1

Shortened form of tom-pung, from the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan.

Noun

pung (plural pungs)

1. (US, Canada) A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
   • 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables‎^[1], page 213:

     […] they all crowded into the big pung sleigh, among straw and furry robes.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Cantonese 碰 (pung³).

Alternative forms

• pong

Noun

pung (plural pungs)

1. (mahjong) A set of three identical tiles.

   Synonyms: triplet, three-of-a-kind

2. (mahjong) A call for forming such a set using a discarded tile.

   Synonym: pon

Usage notes

While pung is the traditional English term, among English-speaking players of the Japanese variant of mahjong it is more common to use the Japanese-derived term pon, but typically only to refer to a call to claim a tile. The set of tiles itself is usually called a triplet instead. This follows more closely how the terms are used in East Asian languages.

Coordinate terms

• chow
• kong

Translations

mahjong: a set of three identical tiles

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 刻子 (haak¹ zi²)

  Mandarin: 刻子 (zh) (kèzǐ)

• Japanese: 刻子 (ja) (kōtsu)
• Korean: 커쯔(刻子) (keojjeu)
• Polish: pung (pl) m inan

mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 碰 (pung³)

  Mandarin: 碰 (zh) (pèng)

• Japanese: ポン (ja) (pon), 碰 (ja) (pon)
• Korean: 펑 (peong)
• Polish: pung (pl) m inan

Etymology 3

Verb

pung

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (nonstandard, Internet slang) simple past and past participle of ping
   • 2009 September 17, Kaimbridge, “Belkin F5D7234-4 Router Sporadically Connected?”, in alt.internet.wireless‎^[2] (Usenet):

     After reconnecting the host computer back to the modem, before recycling, I "pung" and got "Destination host unreachable." After recycling, ##.##.40.1 "pung" okay. […]
     > I'm sorry, but I can't quite follow what you're doing. Between
     > the obfuscated IP's and the strange terms like "host's modem"
     > and "pung", I guess I'm easily distracted.
     […] as for "pung", I was just trying to be funny ("pung" = "pinged" P=).

   • [2009 December 28, Nico Coesel, “Info on heritage Nallatech board?”, in comp.arch.fpga‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Like in to ring? So ping would be ping pang pung? We tried to ping him. We pang him. He has been pung. Hmmm. Like the sound of that.]

   • 2012 May 4, Meg Worley, “Ping: Meg Worley”, in ba.food‎^[4] (Usenet):

     Consider me pung!

   • 2016 June 5, Peter Percival, “Ping Kendal[l] Down”, in uk.religion.christian‎^[5] (Usenet):

     And while you're being pinged (while you're being pung?), may I ask if you listened to this recent Science in Action on the World Service: […]

   • 2021 March 16, Feed Supplier, “[Web Feed] Major Discord Security Issue”, in alt.privacy‎^[6] (Usenet):

     The day I found this, I wrote a 10000 character message, accidentally DDoS'ed myself, and disguised an @everyone in the message, "haha get pung".

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

From Malay punya (“to have”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puŋ/

Verb

pung

1. (transitive) to have

   di pung felem. ― he/she has a movie

Particle

pung

1. a possessive particle

   beta pung oto ― my car

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[7], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Aromanian

Verb

pung

1. alternative form of pungu

Atong (India)

Etymology

From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

pung

1. granary, rice storehouse

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Chuukese

Adjective

pung

1. right, correct, just

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse pungr.

Noun

pung c (singular definite pungen, plural indefinite punge)

1. purse (small bag for carrying money)

   Synonym: pengepung

2. (anatomy) scrotum
3. (zoology) a pouch in marsupials where it rears its young during their early infancy

Inflection

Declension of pung

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pung	pungen	punge	pungene
genitive	pungs	pungens	punges	pungenes

Derived terms

• pungabe c
• pungbrok n or c
• pungdyr n
• punge
• pungmejse c
• pungrotte c

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *punka, further origin uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋka (“tuber, boil, unevenness”), along with Hungarian bog.

Noun

pung (genitive punga, partitive punga)

1. bud

Declension

Declension of pung (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pung	pungad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	punga
genitive			pungade
partitive		punga	pungi pungasid
illative		punga pungasse	pungadesse pungisse
inessive		pungas	pungades pungis
elative		pungast	pungadest pungist
allative		pungale	pungadele pungile
adessive		pungal	pungadel pungil
ablative		pungalt	pungadelt pungilt
translative		pungaks	pungadeks pungiks
terminative		pungani	pungadeni
essive		pungana	pungadena
abessive		pungata	pungadeta
comitative		pungaga	pungadega

Further reading

• “pung”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Icelandic

Noun

pung

1. indefinite accusative singular of pungur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pungr.

Noun

pung m (definite singular pungen, indefinite plural punger, definite plural pungene)

1. a pouch (including of marsupials)
2. a purse
3. (anatomy) a scrotum

   Synonym: skrotum

Derived terms

• pengepung
• pungdyr
• sminkepung

References

• “pung” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pungr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊŋː/

Noun

pung m (definite singular pungen, indefinite plural pungar, definite plural pungane)

1. a pouch (including of marsupials)
2. a purse
3. (anatomy) a scrotum

   Synonym: skrotum

Derived terms

• pengepung
• pungdyr
• sminkepung

References

• “pung” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish punger, from Old Norse pungr, itself of unknown origin.

Noun

pung c

1. a pouch, a purse (small bag that can be closed with drawstring or the like, used to keep small items)
2. a scrotum, a ballsack

   Synonyms: pungsäck, scrotum

3. a pouch in marsupials where it rears its young during their early infancy

Declension

Declension of pung

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pung	pungs
	definite	pungen	pungens
plural	indefinite	pungar	pungars
	definite	pungarna	pungarnas

Derived terms

• hängpung
• pansarpung
• pengapung
• punga
• punga ut
• pungdjur
• pungkross
• pungkula
• pungråtta
• pungräv
• pungslå
• pungspark
• pungvred

See also

• testikel

References

• “pung”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “pung”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “pung”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH
• Fula Ordboken