different between pung vs peng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Shortened form of tom-pung, from the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan.

Noun

pung (plural pungs)

1. (US, Canada) A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
   • 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, p. 213,^[1]

     […] they all crowded into the big pung sleigh, among straw and furry robes.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese ? (pèng).

Alternative forms

• pong

Noun

pung (plural pungs)

1. (mahjong) A set of three identical tiles.

Translations

Coordinate terms

• chow
• kong

Etymology 3

Verb

pung

1. (nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of ping

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Derived from Indonesian punya (“to have”) and Malay punya (“to have”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?/

Verb

pung

1. (transitive) to have

Particle

pung

1. possessive particle

Aromanian

Verb

pung

1. Alternative form of pungu

Atong (India)

Etymology

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

Noun

pung

1. granary, rice storehouse

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Chuukese

Adjective

pung

1. right, correct, just

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse pungr.

Noun

pung c (singular definite pungen, plural indefinite punge)

1. purse (small bag for carrying money)

   Synonym: pengepung

2. (anatomy) scrotum
3. (zoology) a pouch in marsupials where it rears its young during their early infancy

Inflection

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *po?ka (“tuber, boil, unevenness”), along with Hungarian bog.

Noun

pung (genitive punga, partitive punga)

1. bud

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• pung in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Icelandic

Noun

pung

1. indefinite accusative singular of pungur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pungr.

Noun

pung m (definite singular pungen, indefinite plural punger, definite plural pungene)

1. a pouch (including of marsupials)
2. a purse
3. (anatomy) a scrotum

   Synonym: skrotum

Derived terms

• pengepung
• pungdyr
• sminkepung

References

• “pung” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pungr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???/

Noun

pung m (definite singular pungen, indefinite plural pungar, definite plural pungane)

1. a pouch (including of marsupials)
2. a purse
3. (anatomy) a scrotum

   Synonym: skrotum

Derived terms

• pengepung
• pungdyr
• sminkepung

References

• “pung” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish punger, from Old Norse pungr, itself of unknown origin.

Noun

pung c

1. purse (small bag used to keep small items)
2. scrotum

   Synonym: scrotum

3. a pouch in marsupials where it rears its young during their early infancy

Declension

Derived terms

• punga ut
• pengapung
• pungdjur
• pungkula
• pungråtta
• pungräv

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese ? (péng).

Noun

peng (usually uncountable, plural pengs)

1. (Chinese mythology) A legendary enormous bird.

Synonyms

• roc

Translations

Etymology 2

From Hokkien ? (peng, “ice”).

Adjective

peng (not comparable)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) iced; with ice added

Etymology 3

Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include:

1. From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”).
2. From clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute.
3. From Cantonese ???? jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³ (cheap and also good quality) see also ??? peng⁴ leng³ zeng³ (low cost, high quality) often heard from hawkers in major chinatowns

Alternative forms

• pengers, leng, lengers, kweng, kwengers

Adjective

peng (comparative penger, superlative pengest)

1. (MLE) Physically or sexually attractive.

   Synonyms: fit, hot
2. (MLE) Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.

Synonyms

• (sexually attractive): See also Thesaurus:sexy
• (of the highest quality): See also Thesaurus:excellent

Derived terms

• (of the highest quality): peng ting

References

Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay keping, perhaps through Batak hepeng.

Noun

peng

1. money

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin pignus.

Noun

peng m (indefinite plural pengje, definite singular pengu, definite plural pengjet)

1. (law) pledge, pawn
2. hostage
3. feeling of regret, unfulfilled desire, wishful thinking
4. (figuratively) token of assurance

Derived terms

• pengcë

References

German

Alternative forms

• päng

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p??]

Interjection

peng

1. bang (a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound)

Further reading

• “peng” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -g (“frequentative suffix”). Compare pendül.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p???]
• Hyphenation: peng
• Rhymes: -???

Verb

peng

1. (intransitive) to ring, jingle (to give out a loud, resonant sound as when striking together two pieces of metal)
2. (intransitive, of musical instrument) to twang

Conjugation

or

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

• peng 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

Mandarin

Romanization

peng

1. Nonstandard spelling of p?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of péng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of p?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pèng.

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

peng m (definite singular pengen, indefinite plural pengar, definite plural pengane)

1. Alternative form of penge

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse peningr and pengr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

peng c

1. a coin
2. (mostly in plural) money

   Du ska få en peng när du fyller

   You'll get money for your birthday

   Nyutbildade får inga pengar till semester

   Graduates get no money for vacation

   Pengarna eller livet!

   The money or your life!

Usage notes

• The first sample sentence (Du ska få en peng) gives evidence of a rare exception where the singular of peng is used to mean money, and not a coin. Another example is veckopeng/månadspeng, meaning weekly/monthly allowance. However, compounds are formed with the ancient plural genitive penga-.

Declension

Synonyms

coin

• mynt
• penning
• slant

money

• bagis
• deg
• kontanter
• kosing
• medel
• tillgångar

Related terms

coin

• guldpeng
• pengapung
• pengapåse

money

• fickpengar
• månadspeng
• pengabrist
• pengaflöde
• pengastinn
• skattepengar
• småpengar
• veckopeng

References

• peng in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)