# ong
## English
### Adverb

ong (not comparable)
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of ONG.

## Faroese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse eng.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔŋk/

### Noun

ong f (genitive singular eingjar, plural eingir)
* meadow

#### Inflection
## Irish
### Etymology 1

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#### Noun

ong m (genitive singular oing)
* (literary) tribulation, sorrow, dolour; moan, lament

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
ong
vocative
a oing
genitive
oing
dative
ong
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an t-ong
genitive
an oing
dative
leis an ong don ong :

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ong (present analytic ongann, future analytic ongfaidh, verbal noun ongadh, past participle ongtha)
* (transitive) Alternative form of ung (“anoint”)

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | ongaim | ongann tú; ongair$^†$ | ongann sé, sí | ongaimid | ongann sibh | ongann siad; ongaid$^†$ | a ongann; a ongas / a n-ongann* | ongtar |
| indicative | past | d'ong mé; d'ongas / ong mé‡; ongas‡ | d'ong tú; d'ongais / ong tú; ongais‡ | d'ong sé, sí / ong sé, sí‡ | d'ongamar; d'ong muid / ongamar; ong muid‡ | d'ong sibh; d'ongabhair / ong sibh; ongabhair‡ | d'ong siad; d'ongadar / ong siad; ongadar‡ | a d'ong / ar ong* | ongadh; hongadh$^†$ |
| indicative | past habitual | d'ongainn / ongainn‡; n-ongainn‡‡ | d'ongtá / ongtá‡; n-ongtá‡‡ | d'ongadh sé, sí / ongadh sé, sí‡; n-ongadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'ongaimis; d'ongadh muid / ongaimis; ongadh muid‡; n-ongaimis‡‡; n-ongadh muid‡‡ | d'ongadh sibh / ongadh sibh‡; n-ongadh sibh‡‡ | d'ongaidís; d'ongadh siad / ongaidís; ongadh siad‡; n-ongaidís‡‡; n-ongadh siad‡‡ | a d'ongadh / a n-ongadh* | d'ongtaí / ongtaí‡; n-ongtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | ongfaidh mé; ongfad | ongfaidh tú; ongfair$^†$ | ongfaidh sé, sí | ongfaimid; ongfaidh muid | ongfaidh sibh | ongfaidh siad; ongfaid$^†$ | a ongfaidh; a ongfas / a n-ongfaidh* | ongfar |
| conditional | conditional | d'ongfainn / ongfainn‡; n-ongfainn‡‡ | d'ongfá / ongfá‡; n-ongfá‡‡ | d'ongfadh sé, sí / ongfadh sé, sí‡; n-ongfadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'ongfaimis; d'ongfadh muid / ongfaimis‡; ongfadh muid‡; n-ongfaimis‡‡; n-ongfadh muid‡‡ | d'ongfadh sibh / ongfadh sibh‡; n-ongfadh sibh‡‡ | d'ongfaidís; d'ongfadh siad / ongfaidís‡; ongfadh siad‡; n-ongfaidís‡‡; n-ongfadh siad‡‡ | a d'ongfadh / a n-ongfadh* | d'ongfaí / ongfaí‡; n-ongfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go n-onga mé; go n-ongad$^†$ | go n-onga tú; go n-ongair$^†$ | go n-onga sé, sí | go n-ongaimid; go n-onga muid | go n-onga sibh | go n-onga siad; go n-ongaid$^†$ | — | go n-ongtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá n-ongainn | dá n-ongtá | dá n-ongadh sé, sí | dá n-ongaimis; dá n-ongadh muid | dá n-ongadh sibh | dá n-ongaidís; dá n-ongadh siad | — | dá n-ongtaí |
| imperative | imperative | ongaim | ong | ongadh sé, sí | ongaimis | ongaigí; ongaidh$^†$ | ongaidís | — | ongtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | ongadh | ongadh | ongadh | ongadh | ongadh | ongadh | ongadh | ongadh |
| past participle | past participle | ongtha | ongtha | ongtha | ongtha | ongtha | ongtha | ongtha | ongtha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ong”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Mandarin
### Romanization

ong
* Nonstandard spelling of ōng.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *onki, a borrowing from an Indo-European language. Cognates include Finnish onki.

### Noun

ong
* fishing hook
* fishing rod

#### Declension
## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔɔːŋ (“honey bee”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *ʔɔːŋ (“wasp; hornet”). Cognate with Thavung ออง (“wasp”), Pacoh hong (“large bee, wasp”), Bahnar ong (“wasp”), Khmu ʔɔːŋ ("wasp"), Mon ဟိုၚ် (hang, “hornet”), Semelai hɔŋ ("hornet").
Attested as ao᷃ in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɔŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧]
* (Hà Tĩnh) IPA : [ʔɔŋ˧˧]

### Noun

(classifier con) ong • (蜂, 螉)
* bee

#### Graphical notes

* This term was commonly spelled with two different graphs in Nôm texts: 螉 and 蜂 (with a few other graphs occured in lower frequency). Etymologically, this is a native item, yet usage of 蜂 indeed indicates a strong case of phono-semantic matching. As Vietnamese is predominantly a head-initial language, the terms ong mật (“honeybee”) and mật ong (“honey”) could (at least, hypothetically) be spelled 蜂蜜 and 蜜蜂 respectively, creating double pairs of false friends with Chinese (Chinese 蜂蜜 (fēngmì, “honey”) and 蜜蜂 (mìfēng, “honeybee”)).

#### Derived terms

* ăn ong
* mật ong
* ong bắp cày
* ong bầu
* ong bò
* ong bò vẽ
* ong bù
* ong chúa
* ong khoái
* ong lá
* ong mật
* ong nghệ
* ong ruồi
* ong thợ
* ong vàng
* ong vò vẽ