# kong
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 槓 / 杠 (gong$^3$ / gung$^3$).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /kɒŋ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /kɔŋ/
** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /kɑŋ/
* Rhymes: -ɒŋ

### Noun

kong (plural kongs)
* (mahjong) A set of four identical tiles.

#### Coordinate terms

* chow
* pung

#### Translations
### See also

* kong bak pau

### Anagrams

* gonk

## Apatani
### Numeral

kong
* one
    Synonym: kòne

### References

* P. T. Abraham, Apatani-English-Hindi Dictionary (1987)

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoŋ/ [ˈkoŋ]

### Conjunction

kong
* Alternative form of kun

## Danish
### Etymology

A pretonic form of konge.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔnɡ/, [kʰʌŋ]

### Noun

kong
* king (used as a title before the name of a king)
    Kong Lars var en konge.King Lars was a king.

#### See also

* grev

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of kong – see 光 (“light; beam; ray; to make bare; to be naked; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 光).

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From a sound-imitative root + -g (frequentative suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkoŋɡ]
* Rhymes: -oŋɡ

### Verb

kong
* (intransitive) to resound

#### Conjugation

or

#### Derived terms

* kongás
* kongat
* kong-bong

#### Related terms

* kondít
* kondul
* kongat

### References

* ↑ kong in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* kong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Mandarin
### Romanization

kong
* Nonstandard spelling of kōng.
* Nonstandard spelling of kǒng.
* Nonstandard spelling of kòng.

#### 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.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse kaun.

#### Noun

kong m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural konger, definite plural kongene)
* boil, carbuncle, abscess

### Etymology 2

From konge (“king”).

#### Noun

kong (indeclinable)
* The titular prefix given to a king
    kong Haakon VII

##### Related terms

* konge

### References

* “kong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “kong” in The Ordnett Dictionary

## North Moluccan Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koŋ/

### Particle

kong
* (when used at the end of sentence) Indicates an emphatic declarative sentence.
    Dorang yang datang kong.They are the ones who come.
* (when used at the end of sentence, with interrogative intonation) Indicates a question.
    Dorang yang datang kong?Are they the ones who come?
* Indicates amazement or similar.
    Kunci kong taro di luar.Why did you put the key outside.
    Kita kong babaisap.Why should I smoke if I don't?

#### Usage notes

* For the sense 4, the object is inverted if it exists.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse kaun n.

#### Alternative forms

* kaun

#### Noun

kong m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural kongar, definite plural kongane)
* boil, carbuncle, abscess

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse kongr and konungr, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Akin to English king.

#### Alternative forms

* kung, konge

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuŋ/, [ku̞ŋɡ], [ku̞ŋː], /koŋ/, [kɞ̞ŋɡ], [kɞ̞ŋː]
* Hyphenation: kóng

#### Noun

kong m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural kongar, definite plural kongane)
* king
** a male monarch
** a playing piece in chess
** a playing card with the image of a king on it
* The titular prefix given to a king
    kong Haakon VII

### References

* “kong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “kong” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring