different between rung vs pung

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophones: rng, wrung

Etymology 1

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English hrung, from Proto-Germanic *hrung?. Compare Gothic ???????????????????????? (hrugga, “a staff”).

Noun

rung (plural rungs)

1. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
2. A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
3. (figuratively) A position in a hierarchy.

4. (nautical, dated) A floor timber in a ship.
5. (dated) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
6. (engineering, dated) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.
7. (engineering, dated) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Translations

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

rung

1. past participle of ring (only in senses related to a bell)
2. (chiefly dialectal) simple past tense of ring
   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, VI:

     With ecchoing Shouts the vaulted Chamber rung, / Belle Chuck was now the TOAST of ev'ry Tongue.

Adjective

rung (not comparable)

1. Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.
   • 1842, American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine (volume 13, page 335)

     […] he passed by his gate with a decided scowl on his furrowed brow, and grunting and growling like a newly rung pig.

   • 1919, Popular Science (volume 95, number 4, page 31)

     A "rung" pig is comfortable as long as he confines his food hunt to the surface of the ground. Ringing a pig of ordinary size is easy, but special arrangements must be made for handling the big ones.

Usage notes

Rang and rung are incorrect for the past of ring in the sense of encircle, where ringed is used instead.

Rung as a simple past is usually considered incorrect.

Further reading

• Rung in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• gurn

Atong (India)

Etymology

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

Noun

rung

1. logboat, dugout canoe

References

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

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ???? (rum:)

Noun

rung

1. office

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31) , “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research?^[1], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Verb

rung • (?, ?, ?, ?, ????, ????, ????, ????)

1. to put in motion; to shake; to agitate; to ring (bell)

Derived terms

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