tong
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /tɒŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɔŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /tɑŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”).
Noun
edittong (plural tongs)
- (mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
- 1998, Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz, editors, Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity, page 232:
- […] these attributes are concrete expressions of God's care and providence and therefore not man-made. This explains the quite bizarre presence of a ‘pair’ of tongs in some lists: in order to make a tong one needs a tong, and how could the first tong be made without a tong?
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Verb
edittong (third-person singular simple present tongs, present participle tonging, simple past and past participle tonged)
- (intransitive) To use tongs.
- (transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
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editNoun
edittong (plural tongs)
- A Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land.
- 1995, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, “Block Crown Lease (Cheung Chau) Ordinance”, in Hong Kong Government Gazette[1], page A2772:
- An Ordinance to provide for the termination of the Block Crown Lease of Cheung Chau granted to Wong Wai Tsak Tong and for sub-lessees under the Block Crown Lease to hold directly from the Crown.
- A Chinese secret society or gang.
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editNoun
edittong (plural tongs)
- Obsolete spelling of tongue.
- 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster:
- Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.
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editAfrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch tong, from Middle Dutch tonge, from Old Dutch tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittong (plural tonge)
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editChuukese
editNoun
edittong
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch tonge, from Old Dutch tunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Noun
edittong f (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje n)
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editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: tong
- Negerhollands: tong, toṅ, tung
- → Virgin Islands Creole: ton (dated)
- Skepi Creole Dutch: tunk
- →? Sranan Tongo: tongo
Etymology 2
editFrom etymology 1.
Noun
edittong m (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje n)
- a kind of flatfish, the common sole, Solea solea
- Synonym: zeetong
French
editEtymology
editFrom Australian English thong.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittong f (plural tongs)
Hokkien
editFor pronunciation and definitions of tong – see 東 (“east; host; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 東). |
Indonesian
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtɔŋ/ [ˈt̪ɔŋ]
- Syllabification: tong
Etymology 1
editFrom Malay tong, from Hokkien 桶 (thóng).
Noun
edittong (plural tong-tong)
Etymology 2
editNoun
edittong
- sound of a gong, kentungan.
Etymology 3
editFrom Betawi [Term?], from Hokkien 童 (tâng/tông).
Noun
edittong
Further reading
edit- “tong” 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.
Malay
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -oŋ
Etymology 1
editFrom Chinese 桶. Related to tahang.
Noun
edittong (plural tong-tong, informal 1st possessive tongku, 2nd possessive tongmu, 3rd possessive tongnya)
Descendants
edit- Indonesian: tong
Etymology 2
editNoun
edittong (plural tong-tong, informal 1st possessive tongku, 2nd possessive tongmu, 3rd possessive tongnya)
Mandarin
editRomanization
edittong
- Nonstandard spelling of tōng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tóng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tǒng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tòng.
Usage notes
edit- 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
editNoun
edittong
- Alternative form of tonge (“tongue”)
North Moluccan Malay
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom torang.
Pronoun
edittong
- Short for torang.
Etymology 2
editFrom Malay tong or Indonesian tong, from Hokkien 桶 (thóng).
Noun
edittong
- barrel (a round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
edittong f (definite singular tonga, indefinite plural tenger, definite plural tengene)
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- tang (Bokmål)
References
edit- “tong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Tagalog
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtoŋ/ [ˈt̪oŋ]
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Syllabification: tong
Etymology 1
editBorrowed from Hokkien, possibly either:
- 當 / 当 (tong, “to bear; to take responsibility; to match equally”) as recorded in Barclay (1923) in Douglas (1873), where "the person who supplies a private gambling party with room, cards, and food, (customarily) receives a percentage of the winnings" as per Barclay (1923).
- 東 / 东 (tong, “host”, literally “east”) according to Manuel (1948) as in 做東 / 做东 (chòe-tong / chò-tong, “to act as a host”) or 作東 / 作东 (chok-tong) as recorded in Douglas (1873), because it was customary in China for the host to sit on the east side of the room or table when receiving a guest, who usually stays on the west side, as per Manuel (1948).
Chan-Yap (1980) also records a ⟨“tôŋ”⟩ (POJ: tong), which she described as 'percentage cut of a gambling taken from winners', though she was not clear on which term in Hokkien that she meant by this.
Compare Ilocano tong (“bribe money”), agtong (“to give bribe money”).
Noun
edittong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔) (colloquial)
- (gambling) percentage cut or commission of the winnings taken from the winner/s for the banker/dealer or owner of the gambling house
- (slang) bribe
- (slang) money
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editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Hokkien 黨 / 党 (tóng, “faction; club; cabal”), as recorded in Douglas (1873). Compare English tong.
Noun
edittong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔) (colloquial)
References
edit- “tong”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “tong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 144
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 146
- Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 2521
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 984
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 65
- Barclay, Thomas (1923) “當 tong”, in Supplement to Dictionary of the Amoy Colloquial Language (overall work in Hokkien and English), Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Limited, page 239
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tsok-tong”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 527; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 527
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tóng”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 528; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 528
Uzbek
editOther scripts | |
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Yangi Imlo | |
Cyrillic | тонг |
Latin | tong |
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) |
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *taŋ.
Noun
edittong (plural tonglar)
Declension
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Vietnamese
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edittong
- done for, screwed
- mất tong một buổi chiều mà chẳng tiến triển gì ― an afternoon wasted without any significant progress
- 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 199:
- Mưa. Thế là lại đi tong một ngày mủ vì mưa nữa rồi!
- Rain. So yet another day's worth of latex gone to waste because of the rain!
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