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gong ogng gnog ngog ongg nogg gogn oggn ggon ggon oggn gogn gngo nggo ggno ggno nggo gngo ongg nogg ogng gong ngog gnog

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Definitions and meaning of gong

gong

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɡɑŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Etymology 1

From Malay gong, possibly onomatopoeic.

Noun

gong (plural gongs)

1. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
2. (British, slang) A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor..
3. A metal target that emits a sound when it has been hit.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

gong (third-person singular simple present gongs, present participle gonging, simple past and past participle gonged)

1. (intransitive) To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
2. (transitive) To send a signal to, using a gong or similar device.
   1. To halt (originally, a contestant in a talent show; later, a performer, a speaker).
   2. To warn.

3. (British, slang, transitive) To give an award or medal to.

References

• The Gong Show on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English gong, from Old English gong, where it was originally a variant of the noun gang (“a going, walk, journey, way, etc.”), derived from the verb gangan (“to go, walk, travel”), whose relation to go in Proto-Germanic remains unclear. Doublet of gang.

Noun

gong (plural gongs)

1. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
   • c. 1000, Aelfric, Homilies, Vol. I, p. 290:

     Þaða he to gange com.

   • c. 1400, The Lay Folks Mass Book, Appendix iii, p. 125:

     I knoweleche to the that ther nys no goonge more stynkynge thenne my soule is.
2. (obsolete) The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.

Alternative forms

• gang, gonge, goonge, goung, gounge, gung, gunge

Synonyms

• (outhouse): gonghouse; see also Thesaurus:bathroom
• (feces): See Thesaurus:feces

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 功 (gōng, “merit; achievement”).

Noun

gong (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) A kind of cultivation energy, more powerful than qi.
2. (uncountable) An advanced practice that cultivates such energy.

References

See also

Drung

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *guŋ (“body; back”).

Noun

gong

1. back
2. body
3. health

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɔŋ/
• Hyphenation: gong
• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Noun

gong m (plural gongs, diminutive gongetje n)

1. gong, disc-shaped metal percussion instrument

French

Pronunciation

Noun

gong m (plural gongs)

1. gong

Derived terms

• sauvé par le gong

Further reading

• “gong”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Noun

gong (first-person possessive gongku, second-person possessive gongmu, third-person possessive gongnya)

1. (music) a large gong

Jingpho

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *guŋ (“body; back”).

Noun

gong

1. physical body

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoŋ/, /ɡɔŋ/

Noun

gong

1. body
2. middle

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoŋ/
• Rhymes: -oŋ

Etymology 1

From Classical Malay [script needed] (gong), from Javanese gong.

Noun

gong (Jawi spelling ݢوڠ, plural gong-gong, informal 1st possessive gongku, 2nd possessive gongmu, 3rd possessive gongnya)

1. (music) a gong
2. (onomatopoeia) the sound a gong makes.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gong (Jawi spelling ݢوڠ, plural gong-gong, informal 1st possessive gongku, 2nd possessive gongmu, 3rd possessive gongnya)

1. (botany) Helicia petiolaris

   Synonym: putat tepi

2. (botany) Xerospermum laevigatum

   Synonym: rambutan pacat

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

gong (Jawi spelling ݢوڠ)

1. (obsolete) a bit crazy

   Synonym: gila

   Antonym: waras

2. (obsolete) stupid

   Synonyms: bodoh, bebal, tolol

   Antonyms: pandai, bijak

Further reading

• “gong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

gong

1. Nonstandard spelling of gōng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gǒng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gòng.

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.

Mangas

Etymology

Cognate with Warji gung, Polci goŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡòŋ/

Noun

gong

1. chief, king, ruler

References

• Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gang, gonge, goonge

Etymology

Inherited from Old English gang, from Proto-West Germanic *gang, form Proto-Germanic *gangaz. Compare gangen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡanɡ/, /ɡaːnɡ/, /ɡɔnɡ/, /ɡɔːnɡ/

Noun

gong (plural gonges)

1. An outhouse; a building used as a lavatory.
2. (Northern) A group or set of items.
3. (chiefly Northern, uncommon) A walk; a journey, especially by foot.
4. (Northern, rare) A gait; the way one walks.
5. (poetic, rare) A band or company of armed men.

Descendants

• English: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)
• Scots: gang, gaung, ging

  Northeastern: dyang, gyang

References

• “gā̆ng, gō̆ng, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Malay gong.

Noun

gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger, definite plural gongene)

1. (music) a gong (percussion instrument)

Synonyms

• gongong

References

• “gong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔŋː/

Etymology 1

From the verb gå.

Noun

gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gonger or gongar, definite plural gongene or gongane)

1. time

See also

• gang (Bokmål)

Etymology 2

From Malay gong.

Noun

gong m (definite singular gongen, indefinite plural gongar, definite plural gongane)

1. (music) a gong (percussion instrument)

Synonyms

• gongong

References

• “gong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɔŋk
• Syllabification: gong

Noun

gong m inan

1. gong (percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer)
2. sound made by the gong

Declension

Noun

gong m animal

1. (colloquial) fist blow

   Hypernym: cios

Declension

Further reading

• gong in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gong in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• gong in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gong.

Noun

gong n (plural gonguri)

1. gong

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• gongo

Etymology

From Malay gong.

Noun

gong m (plural gongs)

1. gong

See also

• batintín

Further reading

• “gong”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Zou

Adjective

gong

1. thin

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

Source: wiktionary.org