deng

See also: Deng, dēng, děng, and dèng

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dʰingʷ-u, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, fix”).

Noun

deng m

a sack crammed with things, pile (of objects)

Related terms

dëng
dëngla

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Shortening of Indonesian dengan (“with”) and Malay dengan (“with”). Perhaps merged with Indonesian dan (“and”) and Malay dan (“and”) for the first sense.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deŋ/

Conjunction

deng

and

Preposition

deng

with

References

D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:).

Noun

deng

mile

References

Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deŋ/, [deŋ]
Rhymes: -eŋ

Pronoun

deng

second-person singular possessive pronoun, nominative or accusative case, feminine or plural object: your
Deng Fra ass ganz schéin
Your wife is very pretty

Mandarin

Romanization

deng

Nonstandard spelling of dēng.
Nonstandard spelling of děng.
Nonstandard spelling of dèng.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Noun

deng m

voice
Synonym: sewt
sound, noise

Welsh

**Welsh numbers ^(edit)**
		100^{[a], [b], [c]}
← 1	← 9	10	11 → ^{[a], [b]}	20 → ^{[a], [b], [c]}
		1
Cardinal: deg, (before a nasal or optionally a vowel) deng Ordinal: degfed Ordinal abbreviation: 10fed
Welsh Wikipedia article on 10

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /deːŋ/[1]
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɛŋ/

Numeral

deng

(cardinal number) Alternative form of deg (“ten”)

Usage notes

Used before blynedd, blwydd, nouns beginning with m or n, and optionally before diwrnod and nouns beginning with a vowel. Triggers nasal mutation of b and d.[2]
deng mlynedd ― ten years
deng mlwydd ― ten years old
deng milltir ― ten miles
deng niwrnod (or) deg diwrnod ― ten days
deng awr (or) deg awr ― ten hours

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deng	ddeng	neng	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 51 ii (3)
Thorne, David A. (1993) A Comprehensive Welsh Grammar (Reference Grammars), Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, →ISBN, § 202 n. 2, page 147

Zhuang

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From a really old form of 正?”)

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /teːŋ˨˦/

Tone numbers: deng¹

Hyphenation: deng

Adjective

deng (1957–1982 spelling deŋ)

right, correct

[1] Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 51 ii (3)

[2] Thorne, David A. (1993) A Comprehensive Welsh Grammar (Reference Grammars), Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, →ISBN, § 202 n. 2, page 147