ing

ing

See also: Ing, ING, -ing, -ing-, ing., Ing., and -ïng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English ing, ynge, enge, from Old English ing, *eng (“a meadow; ing”), from Proto-Germanic *angijō (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“a bend; curve; bowl; hollow; dell; glen”), from *h₂enk- (“to bend; curve; bow”). Cognate with Scots eng (“ing; meadow”), Dutch eng (“pasture; farmland”), Danish eng (“meadow”), Swedish äng (“meadow; field”), Norwegian eng (“meadow”), Faroese ong (“grassland; meadow; pasture”), Icelandic eng (“a meadow”), Icelandic engi (“a meadow; meadowland”).

Noun

ing (plural ings)

1. (now only in dialects) A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.

   Ings, glens, and fens of the Highlands.

   • 1773, Journals of the House of Commons:

     Bill for dividing and inclosing certain open common fields, ings, common pastures, and other commonable lands.

   • 1804, Marshall (William), On the Landed Property of England, possibly quoting an earlier work:

     [There] lay an extent of meadow grounds, in ings, to afford a supply of hay.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Etymology 2

From Pitman em and en, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.

Noun

ing (plural ings)

1. The letter for the ng sound /ŋ/ in Pitman shorthand.

Related terms

• eng, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

Anagrams

• GNI, IGN, NGI, gin, nig

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Chinese

Etymology

From English -ing.

Adverb

ing

1. (slang) in the process of; currently

References

• http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=11204

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Hungarian

ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiŋɡ]
• Hyphenation: ing
• Rhymes: -iŋɡ

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from an Iranian language.[1]

Alternative forms

• üng, ümög, ümeg, imeg, imég (all are dialectal)

Noun

ing (plural ingek)

1. shirt

   Coordinate terms: blúz, póló

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ing	ingek
accusative	inget	ingeket
dative	ingnek	ingeknek
instrumental	inggel	ingekkel
causal-final	ingért	ingekért
translative	inggé	ingekké
terminative	ingig	ingekig
essive-formal	ingként	ingekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ingben	ingekben
superessive	ingen	ingeken
adessive	ingnél	ingeknél
illative	ingbe	ingekbe
sublative	ingre	ingekre
allative	inghez	ingekhez
elative	ingből	ingekből
delative	ingről	ingekről
ablative	ingtől	ingektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	ingé	ingeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ingéi	ingekéi

Possessive forms of ing
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ingem	ingeim
2nd person sing.	inged	ingeid
3rd person sing.	inge	ingei
1st person plural	ingünk	ingeink
2nd person plural	ingetek	ingeitek
3rd person plural	ingük	ingeik

Derived terms

Compound words

• hálóing
• pólóing

 

Etymology 2

An earlier form of the verb inog (“to wobble”).

Verb

ing

1. (intransitive) to wobble
2. (intransitive) to swing

Conjugation

conjugation of ing

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ingok	ingsz	ing	ingunk	ingtok	ingnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	ingtam	ingtál	ingott	ingtunk	ingtatok	ingtak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ingnék	ingnál	ingna	ingnánk	ingnátok	ingnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ingjak	ingj or ingjál	ingjon	ingjunk	ingjatok	ingjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	ingni		ingnom	ingnod	ingnia	ingnunk	ingnotok	ingniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			ingás	ingó	ingott	―	ingva	inghat

or

conjugation of ing

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ingok	ingasz	ing	ingunk	ingotok	inganak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	ingottam	ingottál	ingott	ingottunk	ingottatok	ingottak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	inganék	inganál	ingana	inganánk	inganátok	inganának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ingjak	ingj or ingjál	ingjon	ingjunk	ingjatok	ingjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	ingani		inganom	inganod	ingania	inganunk	inganotok	inganiuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			ingás	ingó	ingott	―	ingva	inghat

Synonyms

• (wobble): inog

Derived terms

• ingat
• ingatlan

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• meging

References

1. ing in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

• (shirt): ing in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (to wobble): ing in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Javanese

Preposition

ing

1. in
2. on
3. at

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Jirajara

Noun

ing

1. water

References

• Luis Oramas, Materiales para el estudio de los dialectos Ayamán, Gayón, Jirajara, Ajagua (1916)

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Khumi Chin

Ing.

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔim, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kim (“house, womb”). Cognate to Burmese အိမ် (im) and S'gaw Karen ဟံၣ် (heè).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔĩ˥/

Noun

ing

1. house

Derived terms

• bawngbähae-ing
• bethi-ingtangka
• bäjung-ing
• mai-ing
• pheledaengdai-ing

 

References

• R. Shafer (1944), “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, issue 2, page 418
• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 46

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Old English

Etymology

Apparently borrowed from Old Norse eng or possibly inherited directly from Proto-Germanic *angijō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inɡ/, [iŋɡ]

Noun

ing f (nominative plural inga or inge)

1. meadow, water meadow, ing

Declension

Declension of ing (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ing	inga, inge
accusative	inge	inga, inge
genitive	inge	inga
dative	inge	ingum

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Ternate

Etymology

From the older ingi, with word-final vowel deletion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiŋ]

Noun

ing

1. Alternative form of ingi

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English ink.

Noun

ing

1. ink

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Yola

Preposition

ing

1. Alternative form of i (“in”)

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 48