xöng

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

• xong, xäng

Etymology

From Dutch ging.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xœŋ/

Verb

xöng

1. Singular past indicative of xân
   • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:

     En kääd'l had twî jongers; de êne blêv täus;
     de andere xöng vôrt f'n häus f'r en stat. […]

     A man had two sons. The one stayed at home;
     the other went abroad from home to make his fortune. […]