different between ing vs xing

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ing, ynge, enge, from Old English ing, *eng (“a meadow; ing”), from Proto-Germanic *angij? (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?énkos (“a bend; curve; bowl; hollow; dell; glen”), from *h?énk- (“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”).

Noun

ing (plural ings)

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

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

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

ing (plural ings)

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

Related terms

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

Anagrams

• GNI, IGN, NGI, gin, nig

Chinese

Etymology

From English -ing.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ing

1. (slang) in the process of; currently

References

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?i??]
• Hyphenation: ing
• Rhymes: -i??

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from an Iranian language.

Alternative forms

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

Noun

ing (plural ingek)

1. shirt

Declension

Derived terms

• hálóing
• pólóing

Etymology 2

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

Verb

ing

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

Conjugation

or

Synonyms

• (wobble): inog

Derived terms

• ingat
• ingatlan

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• (shirt): ing in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (to wobble): ing in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Javanese

Preposition

ing

1. in
2. on
3. at

Jirajara

Noun

ing

1. water

References

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

Khumi Chin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Noun

ing

1. house

Derived terms

References

• R. Shafer (1944) , “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, issue 2, page 418
• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?^[1], Payap University, page 46

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?/, [i??]

Noun

ing f (nominative plural inga or inge)

1. meadow, water meadow, ing

Declension

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?i?]

Noun

ing

1. tooth

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 29

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English ink.

Noun

ing

1. ink

Yola

Preposition

ing

1. Alternative form of eee

English

Alternative forms

• x-ing, Xing, X-ing

Etymology

From crossing, using X as abbreviation for cross.

Noun

xing (plural xings)

1. (US) Abbreviation of crossing.

   Railroad xing 200 feet ahead.

Usage notes

Primarily used on road signs – see road crossing. Compare with crossbuck symbol.

Mandarin

Romanization

xing

1. Nonstandard spelling of x?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of xíng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of x?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of xìng.

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.