jong

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English

Etymology 1

From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “fortress, castle; province, district”).

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Pronunciation

Noun

jong (plural jongs)

  1. A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
    • 1905, Perceval Landon, The Opening of Tibet:
      The rock on which the jong stands must at one time have been lapped by the waters of the lake, but at the present time the Yam-dok tso has retreated so far, that a quashy stretch of vivid green quagmire spreads between the road and the shore.
    • 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Tauris Parke, published 2011, page 211:
      When they had gone I went for a solitary ride, rounding the Jong and striking out into the country through a subsidiary village.
    • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 451:
      However, the Tibetans refused to negotiate – except on the British side of the frontier – and withdrew into their fortress, or jong.
    • 2011, Peter Harrison, Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas, Osprey, published 2011, page 14:
      The origin of the Tibetan dzong is not known although there is evidence of Chinese and Mongol influences in the style of their military architecture.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans jong (“male servant; boy”), from Dutch jongen (“young”).

Pronunciation

Noun

jong (plural jongs)

  1. (South Africa, slang) A friendly term of address, especially for a young man.
    • 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 28:
      I take out my pocket knife and start to smooth it. What do you want with that stick says Jan. Nothing. Well throw it away. No jong I am going to keep it.

Further reading

Etymology 3

See djong.

Pronunciation

Noun

jong (plural jongs)

  1. Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”).

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jongen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔŋ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

jong (plural jongens)

  1. A male servant.
  2. (rare) A boy.
    Synonym: seun

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Adjective

jong

  1. attributive form of jonk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. Compare German jung, English young, Danish ung, Icelandic ungur.

Pronunciation

Adjective

jong (comparative jonger, superlative jongst)

  1. young
  2. new

Inflection

Inflection of jong
uninflected jong
inflected jonge
comparative jonger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial jong jonger het jongst
het jongste
indefinite m./f. sing. jonge jongere jongste
n. sing. jong jonger jongste
plural jonge jongere jongste
definite jonge jongere jongste
partitive jongs jongers —

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: junggu
  • Negerhollands: jun
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: jungu
  • → Papiamentu: yòn, jonk
  • → Saramaccan: njonku

Noun

jong n (plural jongen, diminutive jonkie n or jongske n)

  1. A young: a young being, especially an immature animal.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: jong, juṅ
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: jun (dated)

Verb

jong

  1. inflection of jongen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

See also

Garo

Noun

jong

  1. younger brother

Synonyms

Javanese

Romanization

jong

  1. Romanization of ꦗꦺꦴꦁ

Khasi

Pronunciation

Particle

jong

  1. genitive particle, of
    paralok jong nga ― my friend

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

Adjective

jong

  1. (rare variant) young

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Antonyms

Noun

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jong m (plural jonges)

  1. boy, young guy
  2. (colloquial, Maastrichtian) a colloquial term of address for a man, along the lines of e.g. mate
    Wie geit 't mèt diech jong?
    How are you doing mate?
  3. A young: a young being, especially an animal.

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Adjective

jong (masculine jongen, neuter jongt, comparative méi jong, superlative am jéngsten)

  1. (regional, dated) Alternative form of jonk

Declension

declension of jong
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass jong si ass jong et ass jong si si(nn) jong
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner jongen jong jongt jong
independent without determiner jonges jonger
dative after any declined word jongen jonger jongen jongen
as first declined word jongem jongem

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Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from either Hokkien 船 (chûn) or Teochew 船 (zung5), from Proto-Min *-džionᴬ (“ship, boat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lawŋ (“boat”). Compare Old Chinese 船 (OC *ɦljon).

Pronunciation

Noun

jong (Jawi spelling جوڠ, plural jong-jong, informal 1st possessive jongku, 2nd possessive jongmu, 3rd possessive jongnya)

  1. Jong (a Javanese-Malay cargo and passenger ship)

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: jung (inherited)

Further reading

Zou

Jong.

Pronunciation

Noun

jong

  1. monkey

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40
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