ing

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ĭng; IPA^(key): /ɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

From Middle English ing, ynge, enge, from Old English ing, *eng (“a meadow; ing”), from Proto-Germanic *angijō (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“a bend; curve; bowl; hollow; dell; glen”), from *h₂enk- (“to bend; curve; bow”). Cognate with Scots eng (“ing; meadow”), Dutch eng (“pasture; farmland”), Danish eng (“meadow”), Swedish äng (“meadow; field”), Norwegian eng (“meadow”), Faroese ong (“grassland; meadow; pasture”), Icelandic eng (“a meadow”), Icelandic engi (“a meadow; meadowland”).

ing (plural ings)

1. (now only in dialects) A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.

   Ings, glens, and fens of the Highlands.

   • 1773, Journals of the House of Commons:

     Bill for dividing and inclosing certain open common fields, ings, common pastures, and other commonable lands.

   • 1804, Marshall (William), On the Landed Property of England, possibly quoting an earlier work:

     lay an extent of meadow grounds, in ings, to afford a supply of hay.

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “ing”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

From Pitman em and en, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.

ing (plural ings)

1. The letter for the ng sound /ŋ/ in Pitman shorthand.

• eng, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

• ing-bing

• IGN, Gin, gin, nig, NGI, GNI

• 'y — contraction, appended to the preceding word

Compare with Kapampangan ing, Tausug in.

ing

1. (archaic) indefinite direct marker for nouns other than personal names.

   Synonym: 'y — sense narrowed down

• https://archive.org/details/aqp5055.0001.001.umich.edu/page/173/mode/2up

From English -ing.

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ing

1. (slang) in the process of; currently

• http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=11204

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ing
• Rhymes: -iŋɡ

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from an Iranian language.

• üng, ümög, ümeg, imeg, imég (all are dialectal)

ing (plural ingek)

1. shirt

   Coordinate terms: blúz, póló

An earlier form of the verb inog (“to wobble”).

ing

2. (intransitive) to wobble
3. (intransitive) to swing

or

• (wobble): inog

(With verbal prefixes):

• (shirt): ing in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (to wobble): ing in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

ing

1. in
2. on
3. at

ing

1. water

• Luis Oramas, Materiales para el estudio de los dialectos Ayamán, Gayón, Jirajara, Ajagua (1916)

• 'ng (contraction, informal, after words ending with vowel, usually in set phrases)

From Proto-Central Philippine *aŋ. Cognate with Tagalog ang, Bikol Central an, Cebuano ang, Hiligaynon ang, Waray-Waray an and Tausug in.

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋ/

ing (plural deng)

1. direct marker for all nouns other than personal proper nouns

   Memulayi ya ing lalaki.

   The man ran.

   Pengan nening pusa ing asan.

   The cat ate the fish.

   Ing kildap yang gugulis kareng uyat king tanam ning banwa.

   (The) lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky.

2. marks the topic

   Ini ing asu ta. ― This is our dog. (literally, “As for this, is dog.”)

   Ngeni ing marimla. ― Today is too cold. (literally, “On the topic of today, too cold.”)

3. (by extension) what about, how about, and (used without a predicate to ask for more information about something)

   Synonyms: king, kang

   Pampanga ing? ― What about Pampanga? (literally, “Pampanga and, what?”)

   Ing obra ing? ― How is work? (literally, “The work is?”)

• This particle is analyzed as the definite article (i.e., the) when used alone, and the indefinite article (i.e., a or an) when used with the numeral metung (“one”).

  ing aldo ― the sun

  ing metung tau ― a person

• Direct personal proper nouns (primarily names) are marked with i.

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔim, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kim (“house, womb”). Cognate to Burmese အိမ် (im) and S'gaw Karen ဟံၣ် (heè).

• IPA^(key): /ʔĩ˥/

ing

1. house

• R. Shafer (1944) “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, number 2, page 418
• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 46

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔim, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kim (“house, womb”). Cognate to Burmese အိမ် (im) and S'gaw Karen ဟံၣ် (heè).

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋ/

ing

1. house

• Rachel Gray, Jose Benavides (2022) “Wh-Question Formation in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎, volume 3, number 1

Apparently borrowed from Old Norse eng or possibly inherited directly from Proto-Germanic *angijō.

• IPA^(key): /inɡ/,

ing f (nominative plural inga or inge)

1. meadow, water meadow, ing

Strong ō-stem:

From the older ingi, with word-final vowel deletion.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiŋ/

ing

1. alternative form of ingi

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From English ink.

ing

1. ink

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ing m (plural ingau or ingoedd)

1. anguish, angst

   Synonym: gwasgfa

2. adversity

   Synonyms: caledi, cyni, adfyd

3. agony, extreme pain

   Synonyms: dirboen, gwayw, gloes

• câr cywir yn yr ing a welir (“a true friend is to be found in adversity”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ing”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ing”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

• in, yn, i, ee, eee

From Middle English in, ī̆, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in.

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋ/, /ɪn/, /ɪ/, /iː/

ing

1. in
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 84:

     Yerstey w'had a baree, gist ing oor hoane,

     Yesterday we had a goal just in our hand.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:

     Th' heiftem o' pley vell all ing to lug;

     The weight of the play fell into the hollow;

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:

     An broughet ee stell, ing a emothee knaghane.

     And broke the handle in a pismire-hill.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:

     Licke a mope an a mile, he gazt ing a mize;

     Like a fool in a mill, he looked in amazement;

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:

     Oore joys all ee-smort ing a emothee knaghane.

     Our joys are all smothered in a pismire-hill.

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 131:

     Wathere proceeds to tell that the game was “was jist ing our hone”

     Walter proceeds to tell that the game was “was just in our hand”

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 48