different between honu vs hong

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian honu.

Noun

honu (plural honus)

1. A green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas.

Anagrams

• houn'

'Are'are

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?nuq, from Proto-Austronesian *p?Nuq.

Verb

honu

1. be full

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Arosi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?nuq, from Proto-Austronesian *p?Nuq.

Verb

honu

1. to fill

References

• Arthur Capell, Arosi grammar (1971)
• Sidney Herbert Ray, A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages (2014)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ho.nu/, [?honu]

Noun

honu

1. turtle

   Honu ne?ep? ka ??ina.

   The land moves like the turtle.

2. sea turtle

Descendants

• ? English: honu

References

• “honu” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

   Kitea ai te honu i te wh?nuitanga atu o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.

   The turtle is found throughout the Pacific Ocean.

References

• “honu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, ?ISBN.

Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?nuq, from Proto-Austronesian *p?Nuq.

Adjective

honu

1. full (as a water pot with water)

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

Sikaiana

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “honu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Tuamotuan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

hong

1. (obsolete) past tense of hang

Etymology 2

From Cantonese ? (hong4, “trade, business”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Could someone with knowledge of Cantonese verify this etymology? Is it a shortening of ??”)

Noun

hong (plural hongs)

1. a foreign trading company in China

Anagrams

• Gohn

Irish

Noun

hong m

1. h-prothesized form of ong

Verb

hong

1. h-prothesized form of ong

Ludian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish honka.

Noun

hong

1. forest pine

Mandarin

Romanization

hong

1. Nonstandard spelling of h?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hóng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of h?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hòng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Palauan

Etymology

From Japanese ? (hon).

Noun

hong

1. book

Veps

Noun

hong

1. forest pine

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Chinese ?, Thai ???? (h???ng).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [haw??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [haw??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [haw??m??]

Verb

hong • (????, ????)

1. to dry (in the wind, sun, or near the fire)

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ho????/
• Tone numbers: hong¹
• Hyphenation: hong

Etymology 1

From Chinese ? (OC *ko??).

Noun

hong (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ??? or ??? or ? or ? or ? or ???? or ??? or ?, old orthography ho?)

1. work; labor

   Synonym: goeng

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *????? (“thing”). Cognate with Thai ??? (k???ng), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (kh?ng), Lü ??? (?oang), Tai Dam ???, Shan ???? (kh?ang), Zuojiang Zhuang kong.

Noun

hong (old orthography ho?)

1. (dialectal) thing; object

   Synonyms: doenghyiengh, doxgaiq, (dialectal) swhyiengh

Zou

Verb

hong

1. open

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf