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jong

See also: Jong

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “fortress, castle; province, district”).

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Noun edit

jong (plural jongs)

  1. A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
    • 1905, Perceval Landon, The Opening of Tibet:
      The rock on which the jong stands must at one time have been lapped by the waters of the lake, but at the present time the Yam-dok tso has retreated so far, that a quashy stretch of vivid green quagmire spreads between the road and the shore.
    • 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Tauris Parke, published 2011, page 211:
      When they had gone I went for a solitary ride, rounding the Jong and striking out into the country through a subsidiary village.
    • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 451:
      However, the Tibetans refused to negotiate – except on the British side of the frontier – and withdrew into their fortress, or jong.
    • 2011, Peter Harrison, Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas, Osprey, published 2011, page 14:
      The origin of the Tibetan dzong is not known although there is evidence of Chinese and Mongol influences in the style of their military architecture.

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Afrikaans jong (“male servant; boy”), from Dutch jongen (“young”).

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Noun edit

jong (plural jongs)

  1. (South Africa, slang) A friendly term of address, especially for a young man.
    • 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 28:
      I take out my pocket knife and start to smooth it. What do you want with that stick says Jan. Nothing. Well throw it away. No jong I am going to keep it.

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Etymology 3 edit

See djong.

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Noun edit

jong (plural jongs)

  1. Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”).

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch jongen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jɔŋ/
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Noun edit

jong (plural jongens)

  1. A male servant.
  2. (rare) A boy.
    Synonym: seun

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Adjective edit

jong

  1. attributive form of jonk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. Compare German jung, English young, Danish ung, Icelandic ungur.

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Adjective edit

jong (comparative jonger, superlative jongst)

  1. young
  2. new

Inflection edit

Inflection of jong
uninflected jong
inflected jonge
comparative jonger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial jong jonger het jongst
het jongste
indefinite m./f. sing. jonge jongere jongste
n. sing. jong jonger jongste
plural jonge jongere jongste
definite jonge jongere jongste
partitive jongs jongers —

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Descendants edit

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: junggu
  • Negerhollands: jun
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: jungu
  • → Papiamentu: yòn, jonk
  • → Saramaccan: njonku

Noun edit

jong n (plural jongen, diminutive jonkie n or jongske n)

  1. A young: a young being, especially an immature animal.

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Descendants edit

  • Negerhollands: jong, juṅ
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: jun (dated)

Verb edit

jong

  1. inflection of jongen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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Garo edit

Noun edit

jong

  1. younger brother

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Javanese edit

Romanization edit

jong

  1. Romanization of ꦗꦺꦴꦁ

Khasi edit

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Particle edit

jong

  1. genitive particle, of
    paralok jong nga ― my friend

Limburgish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

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jong

  1. (rare variant) young

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Noun edit

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jong m (plural jonges)

  1. boy, young guy
  2. (colloquial, Maastrichtian) a colloquial term of address for a man, along the lines of e.g. mate
    Wie geit 't mèt diech jong?
    How are you doing mate?
  3. A young: a young being, especially an animal.

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Luxembourgish edit

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Adjective edit

jong (masculine jongen, neuter jongt, comparative méi jong, superlative am jéngsten)

  1. (regional, dated) Alternative form of jonk

Declension edit

declension of jong
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass jong si ass jong et ass jong si si(nn) jong
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner jongen jong jongt jong
independent without determiner jonges jonger
dative after any declined word jongen jonger jongen jongen
as first declined word jongem jongem

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Malay edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from either Hokkien 船 (chûn) or Teochew 船 (zung5), from Proto-Min *-džionᴬ (“ship, boat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lawŋ (“boat”). Compare Old Chinese 船 (OC *ɦljon).

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jong (Jawi spelling جوڠ, plural jong-jong, informal 1st possessive jongku, 2nd possessive jongmu, 3rd possessive jongnya)

  1. Jong (a Javanese-Malay cargo and passenger ship)

Descendants edit

  • > Indonesian: jung (inherited)

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Zou edit

 
Jong.

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Noun edit

jong

  1. monkey

References edit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40
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