See also: Deng, dēng, děng, and dèng

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Albanian *dʰingʷ-u, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (to stick, fix).

NounEdit

deng m

  1. a sack crammed with things, pile (of objects)

Related termsEdit

Ambonese MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

Shortening of Indonesian dengan (with) and Malay dengan (with). Perhaps merged with Indonesian dan (and) and Malay dan (and) for the first sense.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

deng

  1. and

PrepositionEdit

deng

  1. with

ReferencesEdit

  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

JingphoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:).

NounEdit

deng

  1. mile

ReferencesEdit

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

LuxembourgishEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

deng

  1. second-person singular possessive pronoun, nominative or accusative case, feminine or plural object: your
    Deng Fra ass ganz schéin
    Your wife is very pretty

See alsoEdit

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

deng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of děng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of dèng.

Usage notesEdit

  • 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 KurdishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

deng m

  1. voice
    Synonym: sewt
  2. sound, noise

WelshEdit

Welsh numbers (edit)
100[a], [b], [c]
 ←  1  ←  9 10 11  → [a], [b] 20  → [a], [b], [c]
1
    Cardinal: deg, (before a nasal or optionally a vowel) deng
    Ordinal: degfed
    Ordinal abbreviation: 10fed
Welsh Wikipedia article on 10

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

deng

  1. (cardinal number) Alternative form of deg (ten)

Usage notesEdit

  • Used before blynedd, blwydd, nouns beginning with m or n, and optionally before diwrnod and nouns beginning with a vowel. Triggers nasal mutation of b and d.[2]
  • deng mlyneddten years
  • deng mlwyddten years old
  • deng milltirten miles
  • deng niwrnod (or) deg diwrnodten days
  • deng awr (or) deg awrten hours

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
deng ddeng neng unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 51 ii (3)
  2. ^ Thorne, David A. (1993) A Comprehensive Welsh Grammar (Reference Grammars), Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, →ISBN, § 202 n. 2, page 147

ZhuangEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From a really old form of 正?”)

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

deng (1957–1982 spelling deŋ)

  1. right, correct