geng
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German ganz, from Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, healthy; all, complete”).
Adverb
geng
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
geng
- Work gang
References
Indonesian
Etymology
From English gang, from Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Doublet of gang.
Pronunciation
Noun
gèng (first-person possessive gengku, second-person possessive gengmu, third-person possessive gengnya)
- (colloquial) gang, a company of persons with distinct identity.
- (colloquial) gang, a company of persons, especially criminals.
Verb
geng
Further reading
- “geng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Javanese göṅ.
Adjective
geng
Malay
Etymology
Noun
geng (Jawi spelling ݢيڠ, plural geng-geng, informal 1st possessive gengku, 2nd possessive gengmu, 3rd possessive gengnya)
- a group or organisation of criminals.
- (colloquial) a band or club of friends.
Derived terms
- geng baju merah (informal, derogatory, UMNO party members)
- geng bawang (informal, Malaysian cyberwarriors)
- geng plastik hitam (informal, people arrested for violating the Ramadan fast)
- geng pelangi (derogatory, an LGBT advocacy group)
Further reading
- “geng” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mandarin
Romanization
geng
- Nonstandard spelling of gēng.
- Nonstandard spelling of gěng.
- Nonstandard spelling of gèng.
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.
Middle English
Noun
geng
- Alternative form of genge (“band”)
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
ġēng
Old Norse
Adjective
geng
- inflection of gengr:
Verb
geng
Zhuang
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /keːŋ˨˦/
- Tone numbers: geng1
- Hyphenation: geng
Noun
geng (Sawndip form 庚, 1957–1982 spelling geŋ)
- the seventh of the ten heavenly stems
See also
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German adverbs
- Gressoney Walser
- Fiji Hindi terms borrowed from English
- Fiji Hindi terms derived from English
- Fiji Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Fiji Hindi lemmas
- Fiji Hindi nouns
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Indonesian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰengʰ-
- Indonesian terms borrowed from English
- Indonesian terms derived from English
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle English
- Indonesian terms derived from Old English
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Indonesian doublets
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian colloquialisms
- Indonesian verbs
- Javanese terms inherited from Old Javanese
- Javanese terms derived from Old Javanese
- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese adjectives
- Javanese literary terms
- Javanese polite terms
- Malay terms borrowed from English
- Malay terms derived from English
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay colloquialisms
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Mandarin nonstandard forms
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English non-lemma forms
- Old English verb forms
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse adjective forms
- Old Norse verb forms
- Zhuang terms borrowed from Chinese
- Zhuang terms derived from Chinese
- Zhuang terms with IPA pronunciation
- Zhuang 1-syllable words
- Zhuang lemmas
- Zhuang nouns
- za:Chinese heavenly stems