koning

• كُوْنِڠْ (kūniŋ)

From Dutch koning, from Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch cuninc, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊə.nəŋ/

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koning (plural konings or koninge (dated), diminutive koninkie, feminine koningin)

1. king
2. (chess) king

Chess pieces in Afrikaans · skaakstukke (skaak + stukke) (layout · text)
koning	dame	toring	loper	ruiter	pion

Cognate with or borrowed from Malay kening.

koning

1. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)

From Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch cuninc, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate to English king.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.nɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: ko‧ning
• Rhymes: -oːnɪŋ

koning m (plural koningen, diminutive koninkje n, feminine koningin)

1. a king, monarch
2. a king, top-dog
3. (chess) a king

• ZM

• Afrikaans: koning
• Negerhollands: koning, kiniṅ
• → Mohegan-Pequot: kunnung
• → Sranan Tongo: kownu
  • → Lokono: kónoe
  • → Aukan: konu
  • → Kari'na: konu

Chess pieces in Dutch · schaakstukken (schaak + stukken) (layout · text)
koning	koningin, dame	toren	loper, bisschop, raadsheer	paard	pion

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

koning

1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

koning

1. yellow (colour)