geng
Alemannic German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German ganz, from Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, healthy; all, complete”).
Adverb
[edit]geng
References
[edit]- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Fiji Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]geng
- Work gang
References
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English gang, from Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Doublet of gang.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gèng (first-person possessive gengku, second-person possessive gengmu, third-person possessive gengnya)
- (colloquial) gang, a company of persons with distinct identity.
- (colloquial) gang, a company of persons, especially criminals.
Verb
[edit]geng
Further reading
[edit]- “geng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Javanese göṅ.
Adjective
[edit]geng
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]geng (Jawi spelling ݢيڠ, plural geng-geng, informal 1st possessive gengku, 2nd possessive gengmu, 3rd possessive gengnya)
- a group or organisation of criminals.
- (colloquial) a band or club of friends.
Derived terms
[edit]- geng baju merah (informal, derogatory, UMNO party members)
- geng bawang (informal, Malaysian cyberwarriors)
- geng plastik hitam (informal, people arrested for violating the Ramadan fast)
- geng pelangi (derogatory, an LGBT advocacy group)
Further reading
[edit]- “geng” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mandarin
[edit]Romanization
[edit]geng
- Nonstandard spelling of gēng.
- Nonstandard spelling of gěng.
- Nonstandard spelling of gèng.
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.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]geng
- Alternative form of genge (“band”)
Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ġēng
Old Norse
[edit]Adjective
[edit]geng
- inflection of gengr:
Verb
[edit]geng
Zhuang
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /keːŋ˨˦/
- Tone numbers: geng1
- Hyphenation: geng
Noun
[edit]geng (Sawndip form 庚, 1957–1982 spelling geŋ)
- the seventh of the ten heavenly stems
See also
[edit]Categories:
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- Alemannic German terms derived from Middle High German
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- Alemannic German lemmas
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- Indonesian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰengʰ-
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