koning
See also: Koning and köning
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- كُوْنِڠْ (kūniŋ)
Etymology
From Dutch koning, from Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch kuning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʊə.nəŋ/
Audio (file)
Noun
koning (plural konings or koninge (dated), diminutive koninkie, feminine koningin)
- king
- (chess) king
Bau Bidayuh
Etymology
Cognate with or borrowed from Malay kening.
Noun
koning
- eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch kuning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate to English king.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoː.nɪŋ/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ko‧ning
- Rhymes: -oːnɪŋ
Noun
koning m (plural koningen, diminutive koninkje n, feminine koningin)
- a king, monarch
- a king, top-dog
- (chess) a king
Derived terms
- Driekoningen
- dubbelkoning
- koninklijk
- koninkrijk
- koningschap
- koningskind
- onderkoning
- winterkoning
Related terms
- ZM
Descendants
- Afrikaans: koning
- Negerhollands: koning, kiniṅ
- → Mohegan-Pequot: kunnung
- → Sranan Tongo: kownu
- → Arawak: kónoe
- → Aukan: konu
- → Galibi Carib: konu
See also
| Chess pieces in Dutch · schaakstukken (schaak + stukken) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| koning | koningin, dame | toren | loper | paard | pion |
Sasak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.
Adjective
koning
- yellow (having yellow as its colour)
Noun
koning
- yellow (colour)