geng

• ganza, génh

From Middle High German ganz, from Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, healthy; all, complete”).

geng

1. (Gressoney) always

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Borrowed from English gang.

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːnɡ/

geng

1. Work gang

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛŋ/
• Hyphenation: gèng

gèng (plural geng-geng)

1. (colloquial) gang, a company of persons with distinct identity
2. (colloquial) gang, a company of persons, especially criminals

geng

1. to form a gang group

• “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.

• agung

From Old Javanese göṅ.

geng

1. (literary, polite) big
2. (literary, polite) large
3. (literary, polite) great

From English gang.

geng (Jawi spelling ݢيڠ, plural geng-geng)

1. a group or organisation of criminals.
2. (colloquial) a band or club of friends.

• 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)

• “geng” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

geng

1. nonstandard spelling of gēng
2. nonstandard spelling of gěng
3. nonstandard spelling of gèng

• 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.

geng

1. alternative form of genge (“band”)

• IPA^(key): /jeːnɡ/,

ġēng

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of gangan

geng

1. inflection of gengr:
   1. nominative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative plural neuter

geng

1. first-person singular present indicative active of ganga

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /keːŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: geng¹
• Hyphenation: geng

From Proto-Tai *k.reːŋᴬ (“hard”).

Cognate with Thai แข็ง (kɛ̌ng), Northern Thai ᨡᩯ᩠ᨦ or ᨡᩯᩢ᩠ᨦ, Lao ແຂງ (khǣng), Lü ᦶᦃᧂ (ẋaeng), Tai Dam ꪵꪄꪉ, Shan ၶႅင် (khěng), Tai Nüa ᥑᥦᥒᥴ (xáeng), Phake ၵိင် (khiṅ), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Sapa xeŋᴬ¹, Bouyei jeengl, Saek เถรี่ยง (“hard”) and แข้ง (“tight; tense”).

geng (Sawndip forms 𥔶 or 殭 or 膙, 1957–1982 spelling geŋ)

1. hard

From Chinese 庚 (MC kaeng).

geng (Sawndip form 庚, 1957–1982 spelling geŋ)

1. the seventh of the ten heavenly stems

• (Chinese heavenly stems) diengan; gyap, iet, bingj, ding, fouh, geij, geng, sin, nyaemz, gveiq ^{(Category: za:Chinese heavenly stems)}