cung

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cung"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian cionco (“truncated, stumped”).

Adjective

cung (feminine cunge)

  1. missing a limb
  2. missing a tail, horn, or wing

Noun

cung m (plural cungje, definite cungu, definite plural cungjet)

  1. tree stump
  2. grapevine pruned of its twigs
  3. stump of amputated limb (arm, leg)

Declension

Declension of cung
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cung cungu cungje cungjet
accusative cungun
dative cungu cungut cungjeve cungjeve
ablative cungjesh

Synonyms

  • (tree stump): kërcu

Derived terms

Musi

Etymology 1

Clipping of cucung (“grandchild”).

Noun

cung

  1. vocative of cucung (“grandchild”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese (dialectal) cung, encung (“aubergine”), from Old Javanese cuṅ (“a kind of aubergine”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ; *d₁rɗuəŋ (“eggplant, bottle-gourd”). Compare Malay terung and Lampung Api tiyung.

Noun

cung

  1. aubergine, brinjal, eggplant
Derived terms
  • cung asem
  • cung bulu
  • cung kediro
  • cung kokak

Further reading

  • H. U. A. Zulkifly (2007) “CUNG”, in Kamus sederhana bahasa Palembang [A simple dictionary of the Palembang language], 2nd edition (in Indonesian), Tangerang: DPC Kerukunan Keluarga Palembang

Tagalog

Conjunction

cung (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. obsolete spelling of kung

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 宮.

Noun

cung

  1. a palace
    cung/nhà văn hoá
    a palace/house of culture; a clubhouse
  2. (astrology) a sign
    12 cung hoàng đạo
    the 12 zodiac signs
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 宮.[1]

Noun

cung

  1. the first note in the classic pentatonic scale.[2]
Derived terms
See also
References
  1. ^ “宮”, in Từ điển Hán Nôm [Sino-Vietnamese Dictionary] (in Vietnamese), since 2001, section Từ điển trích dẫn [Dictionary of Example Usage], line 4
  2. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “cung”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 73

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 弓.

Noun

(classifier cây) cung

  1. (archery) bow

Noun

cung

  1. (geometry) arc

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 供. Doublet of cúng.

Noun

cung

  1. (economics) supply
Antonyms
Derived terms

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German zunge.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

cung f

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Chinese 鐘 (MC tsyowng).

Noun

cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

  1. bell
  2. clock

Etymology 2

From Chinese 盅 (MC tsyowng).

Noun

cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

  1. handleless cup

Classifier

cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

  1. cup of; cupful of

Etymology 3

From Chinese 衝 (MC tsyhowng).

Verb

cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

  1. to charge; to attack

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 沖?”)

Verb

cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

  1. to mix; to blend; to add into
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