gong

See also: Gong, gòng, gông, gōng, göng, gǫng, gǒng, gọng, and goŋ

EnglishEdit

Gong (instrument)

PronunciationEdit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɒŋ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɡɑŋ/
Audio (UK)
(file)
Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Etymology 1Edit

English Wikipedia has an article on:

gong

Wikipedia

From Malay gong, possibly onomatopoeic.

NounEdit

gong (plural gongs)

(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
(Britain, slang) A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor.

TranslationsEdit

percussion instrument

Afrikaans: ghong
Arabic: جَرَس‎ m (jaras), نَاقُوس‎ m (nāqūs)
Belarusian: гонг m (honh)
Bulgarian: гонг m (gong)
Catalan: gong (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鑼, 锣 (yue) (lo⁴)

Mandarin: 鑼 (zh), 锣 (zh) (luó)
Czech: gong (cs) m
Danish: gongong
Dutch: gong (nl) m
Finnish: gongi (fi)
French: gong (fr) m
Georgian: გონგი (gongi)
German: Gong (de) m or n
Greek: γκονγκ n (gkongk)
Hebrew: גונג‎ m (gong)
Hindi: घंटा (hi) m (ghaṇṭā)
Hungarian: gong (hu)
Indonesian: gong (id)
Italian: gong (it) m
Japanese: 銅鑼 (どら, dora), ゴング (gongu)
Korean: 징 (ko) (jing), 공 (ko) (gong)
Lao: ຄ້ອງ (lo) (khǭng)
Lü: ᦅᦸᧂᧉ (koang²)

Macedonian: гонг m (gong)
Malay: gong (ms)
Manchu: ᠯᠣᠩᡴᠣᠨ (longkon)
Maori: pahū
Maranao: momongan
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: gong (no) m
Polish: gong (pl) m
Portuguese: gongo (pt) m
Romanian: gong (ro) m
Russian: гонг (ru) m (gong)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гонг m

Roman: gong (sh) m
Slovene: gong m
Spanish: gongo (es) m, gong m, batintín m (Chinese type)
Swedish: gonggong (sv) c
Tai Dam: ꪁ꫁ꪮꪉ
Thai: ฆ้อง (th) (kɔ́ɔng)
Tibetan: འཁར་རྔ ('khar rnga)
Turkish: gong (tr)
Ukrainian: гонг m (honh)
Vietnamese: cồng chiêng, cồng (vi)

VerbEdit

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

(intransitive) To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
- 1903, H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft
  Poor old Pyecraft! He has just gonged, no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!
(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).
  - 1996, Stephanie Holt, Maryanne Lynch, Motherlode
    As she was gonged, host Daryl Somers swept rapidly across and salvaged an embarrassing situation by putting his arm around her and asking her whether she had children.
2. To warn.
  The driver gonged the pedestrian crossing the tracks, but the pedestrian didn't stop.
(Britain, slang, transitive) To give an award or medal to.
- 1997, Peter Stone, The Lady and the President (page 147)
  In 1972 he was awarded the British Red Cross Silver Medal for his services to the Red Cross. In 1978 he was 'gonged' once again, this time with the Queen's Jubilee Medal, marking the 25th year of her reign.

ReferencesEdit

The Gong Show on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English gong, from Old English gong, where it was originally a variant of the noun gang (“a going, walk, journey, way, etc.”),^[1] derived from the verb gangan (“to go, walk, travel”),^[2] whose relation to go in Proto-Germanic remains unclear.^[3] Doublet of gang.

NounEdit

gong (plural gongs)

(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.
- a. 1513, Robert Fabyan, New Cronycles of Englande and of Fraunce, Vol. II, p. xxxii:
  The Iewe of Tewkysbury which fell into a Gonge vpon the Satyrday.
- a. 1577,, George Gascoigne, Grief of Joye, Vol. II, § lxii:
  A stately Toye, a preciows peece of pellfe,
  A gorgeous gong, a worthles painted wall...
(obsolete) The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.

Alternative formsEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

gong

Etymology 3Edit

From Mandarin 功 (“merit; achievement”).

NounEdit

gong (uncountable)

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

ReferencesEdit

^ Oxford English Dictionary. "† gong, n.¹". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1900.
^ Oxford English Dictionary. "gang, n."
^ Oxford English Dictionary. "gang, v.¹" & "go, v."

DrungEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

gong

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Malay gong.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

gong m (plural gongs, diminutive gongetje n)

gong, disc-shaped metal percussion instrument

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Audio
(file)

NounEdit

gong m (plural gongs)

gong

Derived termsEdit

sauvé par le gong

IndonesianEdit

NounEdit

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

(music) a large gong

JingphoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

gong

physical body

LashiEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɡoŋ/, /ɡɔŋ/

NounEdit

gong

body
middle

ReferencesEdit

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

MalayEdit

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

gong

Wikipedia ^ms

Gong (instrument)

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɡoŋ/
Rhymes: -oŋ

Etymology 1Edit

From Javanese gong.

NounEdit

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

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

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

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

(botany) Helicia petiolaris
Synonym: putat tepi
(botany) Xerospermum laevigatum
Synonym: rambutan pacat

Etymology 3Edit

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

AdjectiveEdit

gong (Jawi spelling ݢوڠ‎)

(obsolete) a bit crazy
Synonym: gila

Antonym: waras
(obsolete) stupid
Synonyms: bodoh, bebal, tolol

Antonyms: pandai, bijak

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

gong

Nonstandard spelling of gōng.
Nonstandard spelling of gǒng.
Nonstandard spelling of gòng.

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.

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

gong

Wikipedia ^no

EtymologyEdit

From Malay gong.

NounEdit

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

(music) a gong (percussion instrument)

SynonymsEdit

gongong

ReferencesEdit

“gong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɡɔŋː/

Etymology 1Edit

From the verb gå

NounEdit

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

time
Kor mange gonger hende det?
How many times did it happen?

Etymology 2Edit

From Malay gong

NounEdit

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

(music) a gong (percussion instrument)

SynonymsEdit

gongong

ReferencesEdit

“gong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French gong.

NounEdit

gong n (plural gonguri)

gong

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gong

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gong	gongul	(niște) gonguri	gongurile
genitive/dative	(unui) gong	gongului	(unor) gonguri	gongurilor
vocative	gongule		gongurilor

SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

gongo

EtymologyEdit

From Malay gong.

NounEdit

gong m (plural gongs)

gong

ZouEdit

AdjectiveEdit

gong

thin

ReferencesEdit

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

[1] Oxford English Dictionary. "† gong, n.¹". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1900.

[2] Oxford English Dictionary. "gang, n."

[3] Oxford English Dictionary. "gang, v.¹" & "go, v."

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