koning

See also: Koning and köning

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch koning, from Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch cuninc, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊə.nəŋ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

koning (plural konings or koninge (dated), diminutive koninkie, feminine koningin)

  1. king
  2. (chess) king

See also

Chess pieces in Afrikaans · skaakstukke (skaak + stukke) (layout · text)
koning dame toring loper ruiter pion

Bau Bidayuh

Etymology

Cognate with or borrowed from Malay kening.

Pronunciation

Noun

koning

  1. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch cuninc, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate to English king.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoː.nɪŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ning
  • Rhymes: -oːnɪŋ

Noun

koning m (plural koningen, diminutive koninkje n, feminine koningin)

  1. a king, monarch
  2. a king, top-dog
  3. (chess) a king

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: koning
  • Negerhollands: koning, kiniṅ
  • → Mohegan-Pequot: kunnung
  • → Sranan Tongo: kownu
    • → Lokono: kónoe
    • → Aukan: konu
    • → Kari'na: konu

See also

Chess pieces in Dutch · schaakstukken (schaak + stukken) (layout · text)
koning koningin, dame toren loper, bisschop, raadsheer paard pion

Sasak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

Adjective

koning

  1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

koning

  1. yellow (colour)
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