keng

See also: kēng, kẻng, kèng, kéng, kěng, Kéng, and keng'

Hokkien
For pronunciation and definitions of keng – see 間 (“among; between; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 間).

Icelandic

Noun

keng

  1. inflection of kengur:
    1. indefinite accusative singular
    2. indefinite dative singular

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese quem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /keŋ/

Pronoun

keng

  1. (interrogative) who (what person)[1]
  2. (relative) who (the person that)[2]

References
  • Ladislav Prištic (2010) Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa (in Kristang), Masaryk University
  1. Prištic, p. 27
  2. Prištic, p. 27

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kæŋ/

Article

keng f pl (negative indefinite article)

  1. not a (feminine singular)
    Si ass keng Erzéierin
    She is not a teacher
  2. not (plural)
    Si si keng Fräschen, mä Mouken
    They are not frogs, but toads

Declension
Luxembourgish negative articles
masculine feminine neuter plural
nom./acc. keen keng keen keng
dative kengem kenger kengem kengen

Mandarin

Romanization

keng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of kēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of kěng.

Usage notes
  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kēŋ.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

keng (comparative kengroq, superlative eng keng)

  1. broad, wide
  2. vast, spacious
  3. extensive, widespread

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Interjection

keng

  1. (onomatopoeia) clank; clang; clink

Zou

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *keŋ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /keŋ˧/

Verb

keng

  1. (transitive) to bring
  2. (transitive) to carry

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kee, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *keŋ. Cognates include Tibetan རྐང (rkang).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /keŋ˧˥/

Noun

kéng

  1. leg

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /keŋ˧˩/

Adjective

kèng

  1. naked

Etymology 4

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kaŋ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəŋ˧/

Verb

keng

  1. (transitive) to fry

References
  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 47, 62
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