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mong

See also: moŋ, möng, móng, mống, mỗng, mỏng, 'mong, and Mong.

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English mong, monge, mang, from Old English ġemong, ġemang (“a mixture, mingling, throng, crowd, company”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mangą (“mix”). Compare Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to knead, mix”).

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Noun

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mong (plural mongs)

  1. (dialect) A mingling, mixture, or crowd.[1]
  2. (dialect) A muddle or confusion.
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Etymology 2

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Contraction of mongrel.

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Noun

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mong (plural mongs)

  1. (Australia, slang) A mongrel dog.[2]
    • 1965, Brian James, The Big Burn: Short Stories‎[2], page 40:
      Some blue cattle-dogs and a small pack of mongs barked excitedly, and danced round, and wished they knew what to do in such an unheard-of situation; and no doubt dreamed for days after of what they had done to distinguish themselves.

Etymology 3

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Contraction of mongoloid.

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Noun

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mong (plural mongs)

  1. (British, Ireland, slang, offensive, derogatory, dated) A person with Down's syndrome.
  2. (British, Ireland, slang, offensive, derogatory) A stupid person.
    • 2016 May 5, “Thinking He's Hard (Little T Reply)”, performed by Soph Aspin:
      Can't you see you don't belong / You're a stupid little fucking mong

Etymology 4

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Clipping of among.[3]

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Preposition

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mong

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 'mong.

Etymology 5

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Borrowed from Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng),Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang) etc.

Noun

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mong

  1. Alternative form of mueang

References

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  1. ^ Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary
  2. ^ “Australia Decoded 'M-5'”, in Joyzine‎[1], 2009 March 5 (last accessed)
  3. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mong”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Dutch

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Noun

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mong m (plural mongs)

  1. (slang) mong, shortened version of mongool.

Irish

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Noun

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mong f (genitive singular moinge, nominative plural moingeanna)

  1. Alternative form of moing

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mong mhong not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Javanese

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Romanization

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mong

  1. Romanization of ꦩꦺꦴꦁ

Malay

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Noun

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mong

  1. gong

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 望 (“to expect”, SV: vọng). Compare Thai มอง (mɔɔng).

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Verb

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mong

  1. to hope, to expect, to wish for something

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