wong

See also: Wong and woŋ

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English wang/wong, from Germanic. Cognate with Danish vang.

Noun

wong (plural wongs)

1. (obsolete, except in placenames) A field or other piece of land.

Etymology 2

From the pen name Stanford Wong.

Verb

wong (third-person singular simple present wongs, present participle wonging, simple past and past participle wonged)

1. (gambling) To enter a betting game, particularly blackjack, when the odds are favorable.

Derived terms

• wongable

Etymology 3

Noun

wong (plural wongs)

1. In the game of pai gow, a hand in which the double-one or double-six domino is used with a nine, making the hand worth eleven points rather than the usual one.

Anagrams

• gown

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Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): tiyang
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): wong

Alternative forms

• uwong
• ꦮꦺꦴꦁ

Etymology

From Old Javanese woṅ, wwaṅ. Possible cognates are Malay orang (“human being”), Acehnese ureung (“human being”), Sundanese urang (“human being”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔŋ/
• Hyphenation: wong
• Rhymes: -wɔŋ, -oŋ

Noun

wong

1. person, human being
   • 1889, C.F. Winter, Dongèng Wewulang Becik (Volume 1), Landsdrukkerij, p. 7:

     Éliding dongèng mangkéné, rahayu wong kang angèstokaké sarta ngabekti ing Allah, kaya upamané marang bapa.

2. people, society
   • 1928, Dedongèngan, Balé Pustaka, p. 3:

     Ananging kahanan mau ora pati disumurupi utawa diajèni déning wong-wong saka Surakarta, kang padha among seneng mrono saben ing dina Nga'at.

3. adult
   • 1889, C.F. Winter, Dongèng Wewulang Becik (Volume 2), Landsdrukkerij, p. 8:

     Anuli ana wong liwat, acalathu marang bocah kang padha rebutan tali, mangkono iku patuwasé wong dhemen padu kang pinadu barang rèmèh.

   • 1928, R.M. Aryasutirta, Paribasan, p. 21:

     Ana wong sugih, dolan-dolan menyang désa, ing kono kepethuk karo bocah cilik siji, isih wuda mlaku ijèn.

4. successful person
5. physical characteristics of a person
6. subordinate, follower
   • 1880, Pepethikan saking Kitab Suci, p. 179:

     [...] sang tetindhih nulya nabda aglis / hèh Élia sira wongé Allah / paréntahku marang kowé / trang saka dhawuh prabu / lah mudhuna Élia dèn aglis / —

Synonyms

• jalma, janma, manungsa

Derived terms

• kawongan
• pawong
• pawongan
• wong agung
• wong akèh
• wong ala
• wong ala meskin
• wong alasan
• wong ambek pati
• wong asing
• wong ayu
• wong baku
• wong becik
• wong belahan
• wong besus
• wong blabag
• wong bumi
• wong cilik
• wong désa
• wong doyan memangan
• wong gedhé
• wong gladhag
• wong Jawa
• wong kundhi
• wong lagi pasang
• wong lanang
• wong linuwih
• wong liya
• wong maton
• wong menang perang
• wong nagara
• wong nduwé
• wong nom
• wong ora nduwé
• wong pinter
• wong sanak
• wong saomah
• wong sasomahan
• wong sukerta
• wong tani
• wong tuna susila
• wong tuwa
• wong urakan
• wong wadon
• wong-wongan

 

References

• "wong" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wonɡ/, [woŋɡ]

Noun

wong m (nominative plural wongas)

1. Alternative spelling of wang