different between wong vs hong

English

Etymology 1

From Old English wang, wong, from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Danish vang.

Noun

wong (plural wongs)

1. (obsolete, except in placenames) A field or other piece of land.

Etymology 2

From the pen name Stanford Wong.

Verb

wong (third-person singular simple present wongs, present participle wonging, simple past and past participle wonged)

1. (gambling) To enter a betting game, particularly blackjack, when the odds are favorable.

Derived terms

• wongable

Etymology 3

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

Noun

wong (plural wongs)

1. In the game of pai gow, a hand in which the double-one or double-six domino is used with a nine, making the hand worth eleven points rather than the usual one.

Anagrams

• gown

Balinese

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uRa?, possibly via Old Javanese wo?, wwa? (“human being, man; attendant”). Cognate of Indonesian wong, orang, Javanese wong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?w??]
• Hyphenation: wong

Noun

wong (???)

1. people

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese wong (????, “human, person”), from Old Javanese wo?, wwa?, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uRa?. Cognate of Indonesian orang, Javanese wong, Balinese wong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?w??]
• Hyphenation: wong

Noun

wong (first-person possessive wongku, second-person possessive wongmu, third-person possessive wongnya)

1. (colloquial) synonym of orang (“human, person”).

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Javanese

Alternative forms

• uwong
• ????

Etymology

From Old Javanese wo?, wwa?. Possible cognates are Malay orang (“human being”), Acehnese ureung (“human being”), Sundanese urang (“human being”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w??/
• Hyphenation: wong
• Rhymes: -w??, -o?

Noun

wong

1. person, human being
   • 1889, C.F. Winter, Dongèng Wewulang Becik (Volume 1), Landsdrukkerij, p. 7:

     Éliding dongèng mangkéné, rahayu wong kang angèstokaké sarta ngabekti ing Allah, kaya upamané marang bapa.

2. people, society
   • 1928, Dedongèngan, Balé Pustaka, p. 3:

     Ananging kahanan mau ora pati disumurupi utawa diajèni déning wong-wong saka Surakarta, kang padha among seneng mrono saben ing dina Nga'at.

3. adult
   • 1889, C.F. Winter, Dongèng Wewulang Becik (Volume 2), Landsdrukkerij, p. 8:

     Anuli ana wong liwat, acalathu marang bocah kang padha rebutan tali, mangkono iku patuwasé wong dhemen padu kang pinadu barang rèmèh.

   • 1928, R.M. Aryasutirta, Paribasan, p. 21:

     Ana wong sugih, dolan-dolan menyang désa, ing kono kepethuk karo bocah cilik siji, isih wuda mlaku ijèn.

4. successful person
5. physical characteristics of a person
6. subordinate, follower
   • 1880, Pepethikan saking Kitab Suci, p. 179:

     [...] sang tetindhih nulya nabda aglis / hèh Élia sira wongé Allah / paréntahku marang kowé / trang saka dhawuh prabu / lah mudhuna Élia dèn aglis / —

Synonyms

• jalma, janma, manungsa

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: wong

References

• "wong" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /won?/, [wo??]

Noun

wong m (nominative plural wongas)

1. Alternative spelling of wang

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