teng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "teng"

Mandarin

Romanization

teng

  1. nonstandard spelling of tēng
  2. nonstandard spelling of téng

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.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *tanHúš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanHúš, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥h₂ús.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Adjective

teng

  1. narrow, not wide

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

  • (Northern) IPA(key): /tɛŋ/
  • (Kitti) IPA(key): /tɔŋ/

Adjective

teng

  1. tight, taut

Uzbek

Adjective

teng

  1. equal

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪eŋ/

Verb

teng

  1. (intransitive) to say
  2. (transitive) to say

Conjugation

Conjugation of teng (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person teteng meteng ateng
2nd person neteng feteng
3rd person inanimate iteng deteng
animate
imperative neteng, teng feteng, teng

Noun

teng

  1. that which someone has said, word, news
    dabaso teng ― I have heard word; I have heard (people) say

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian تنگ (tang)

Adjective

teng

  1. narrow

Antonyms

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