teng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "teng"

Mandarin

Romanization

teng

1. Nonstandard spelling of tēng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of téng.

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.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Adjective

teng

1. narrow, not wide

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• (Northern) IPA^(key): /tɛŋ/
• (Kitti) IPA^(key): /tɔŋ/

Adjective

teng

1. tight, taut

Uzbek

Adjective

teng

1. equal

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪eŋ/

Verb

teng

1. (intransitive) to say
2. (transitive) to say

Conjugation

Conjugation of teng (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		teteng	meteng	ateng
2nd person		neteng	feteng
3rd person	inanimate	iteng	deteng
	animate
imperative		neteng, teng	feteng, teng

Noun

teng

1. that which someone has said, word, news

   dabaso teng ― I have heard word; I have heard (people) say

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian تنگ (tang)

Adjective

teng

1. narrow

Antonyms

• hera
• bol