different between rong vs bong

English

Adjective

rong

1. Misspelling of wrong.

Noun

rong

1. Misspelling of wrong.

Verb

rong

1. Misspelling of wrong.

Chuukese

Verb

rong

1. to hear

Dimasa

Etymology

From Assamese ?? (ro?).

Noun

rong

1. color

Estonian

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoetic. Compare Livonian ra?g.

Noun

rong (genitive rongi, partitive rongi)

1. train

Declension

Garo

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Sanskrit ???? (ra?ga, “color”)

Noun

rong

1. color

Mandarin

Romanization

rong

1. Nonstandard spelling of r?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of róng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of r?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of ròng.

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.

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• ????????????? (rong) – Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

rong (Hanifi spelling ????????????)

1. color

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier cây) rong • (?)

1. seaweedlike algae
2. seaweed

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

rong

1. wandering

Derived terms

Related terms

• rông

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. (slang) The clang of a large bell.
   • 1989, Malcolm Lynch, The kid from Angel Meadow (page 152)

     An argument began as to whether the trap door would open on the first bong of eight or the eighth bong of eight. A man said he'd been told on the wireless that it was the first bong of Big Ben in London which told the time, […]

2. (slang) Doorbell chimes. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Verb

bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)

1. (slang) To pull a bell.
2. (slang) To ring a doorbell.

Etymology 2

From Thai ???? (b??ng, “a marijuana pipe”).

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances; especially marijuana or pot.
2. An act of smoking one serving of drugs from a bong.
3. A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.

Synonyms

• (vessel for smoking): bucket bong, water pipe
• (device for consuming beer): beer bong

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)

1. to smoke a bong

See also

• hookah
• hubbly bubbly
• narghile
• pipe
• shisha

Etymology 3

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. A very wide piton.

Etymology 4

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. Alternative spelling of bung (“purse”)

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• boong
• bung

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. (ethnic slur) An Australian Aboriginal person.

Gilbertese

Noun

bong (plural boong)

1. Nighttime.
2. Dark.
3. A day of 24 hours.

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Min Nan ? (b?ng, “grave, tomb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??]
• Hyphenation: bong

Noun

bong

1. Chinese graveyard.
2. (Aceh) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) familial graveyard.

Etymology 2

From Javanese bong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??]
• Hyphenation: bong

Noun

bong

1. traditional circumcising person.

Etymology 3

From Thai ???? (b??ng, “cylinder, pipe, tube”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??]
• Hyphenation: bong

Noun

bong

1. vessel for smoking drug.

Further reading

• “bong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Palauan

Noun

bong

1. drainage ditch surrounding taro patch

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Compare Dutch bang.

Adjective

bong

1. fearful; afraid

Related terms

• ääng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bong

1. to be peeled off, to be flaked off

Derived terms

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo??/

Noun

bong

1. cow

Derived terms

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41