teng

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Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

teng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of téng.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

teng

  1. narrow, not wide

Pohnpeian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

teng

  1. tight, taut

Uzbek[edit]

Adjective[edit]

teng

  1. equal

West Makian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

teng

  1. (intransitive) to say
  2. (transitive) to say

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of teng (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person teteng meteng ateng
2nd person neteng feteng
3rd person inanimate iteng deteng
animate
imperative neteng, teng feteng, teng

Noun[edit]

teng

  1. that which someone has said, word, news
    dabaso tengI have heard word; I have heard (people) say

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics

Zazaki[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Persian تنگ (tang)

Adjective[edit]

teng

  1. narrow

Antonyms[edit]