teng
See also: Teng, téng, tèng, and tēng
Mandarin
Romanization
teng
- Nonstandard spelling of tēng.
- Nonstandard spelling of téng.
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
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ
Adjective
teng
- narrow, not wide
Pohnpeian
Pronunciation
- (Northern) IPA(key): /tɛŋ/
- (Kitti) IPA(key): /tɔŋ/
Adjective
teng
- tight, taut
Uzbek
Adjective
teng
- equal
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪eŋ/
Verb
teng
- (intransitive) to say
- (transitive) to say
Conjugation
| Conjugation of teng (action verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | teteng | meteng | ateng | |
| 2nd person | neteng | feteng | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | iteng | deteng | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | neteng, teng | feteng, teng | ||
Noun
teng
- that which someone has said, word, news
- dabaso teng ― I have heard word; I have heard (people) say
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Zazaki
Etymology
Related to Persian تنگ (tang)
Adjective
teng
- narrow
Antonyms
- hera
- bol