# dong
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /dɒŋ/
* (General American) IPA: /dɔŋ/
** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /dɑŋ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒŋ

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duŋ, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 / 铜 (tóng, “copper”).

#### Alternative forms

* đồng (uncommon)

#### Noun

dong (plural dong or dongs)
* The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
* (historical) The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps from The Dong with a Luminous Nose, an 1894 poem by Edward Lear about a mythical creature. Attested since the 1930s.

#### Noun

dong (plural dongs)
* (slang) The penis.
** 1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 344:"That American girl was after you too, wasn't she?" "She didn't mean anything she said. She was just after your dong. But it's mine." "For sure, Mary."
** 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, page 18:Nevertheless, I was wholly incapable of keeping my paws from my dong once it started the climb up my belly.
** 1983, “Penis Song”, in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life:Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis? Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
* (slang, by extension) A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.

##### Synonyms

* (penis): See Thesaurus:penis.

##### Derived terms

* dongless
* double dong

##### Related terms

* ding-dong

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

#### Noun

dong (plural dongs)
* A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.

##### Translations
#### Verb

dong (third-person singular simple present dongs, present participle donging, simple past and past participle donged)
* To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.

### Etymology 4

From Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”).

#### Noun

dong (plural dongs)
* A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.

### See also

* dai pai dong (etymologically unrelated)
* dong quai (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* Gond

## Ambonese Malay
### Etymology

Syncope of dorang.

### Pronoun

dong
* they

### References

* D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔŋ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dong
* Rhymes: -ɔŋ

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch *dong, from Old Dutch *dunga, from Proto-Germanic *dungō. Cognate to English dung.

#### Noun

dong m (uncountable)
* (dated, dialectal, Northern) dung, manure
    Synonym: mest

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: doeng

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng.

#### Noun

dong m (plural dongs)
* dong, the currency of Vietnam

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

dong
* singular past indicative of dingen

## Hamer-Banna
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dónɡ/, [dóŋɡ]

### Numeral

dong
* five (cardinal number)

### References

* Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎, Leiden University

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdoŋɡ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oŋɡ
* Homophone: đồng

### Etymology 1

From an onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).

#### Verb

dong
* (intransitive, of an insect) to buzz, bumble, drone
* (intransitive, of a large hollow object) to boom, rumble, thunder (to make a dull, low-pitched, reverberating sound when hit)

##### Conjugation

or

##### Derived terms

* dongás
* dongó
(With verbal prefixes):
* körüldong

### Etymology 2

See đồng.

#### Noun

dong
* Nonstandard form of đồng (“dong”, the currency of Vietnam; usually used by thousands or higher denominations).

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ dong 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.)
* ↑ Section 212 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN

### Further reading

* dong 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
* dong in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɔŋ/
* Hyphenation: dong
* Rhymes: -dɔŋ, -ɔŋ, -ŋ

### Etymology 1

From Betawi dong, from Dutch dong, dingen (“to solicit”), from Middle Dutch dingen (“to convene, to plead”), from Old Dutch *thingon, from Proto-Germanic *þingōną.

#### Adverb

dong
* (colloquial) please: used to make a polite request
    Harga Bensin Pertalite Jangan Naik Dong. ― Please, don't raise the Pertalite Petrol Price.
* (colloquial) indicates a strong command
* (colloquial) indicates discord between words and actions

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duŋ, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 / 铜 (tóng, “copper”).

#### Noun

dong
* the currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫

### Further reading

* “dong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English down. Compare Belizean Creole dong.

### Adverb

dong
* down
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 7:15:So Jiekob imself go dong a Iijip, an im an wi faada faada dem liv dong de til dem ded.So Jacob went down to Egypt where he and our fathers lived til they died.

### Further reading

* dong at majstro.com

## Mandarin
### Romanization

dong
* Nonstandard spelling of dōng.
* Nonstandard spelling of dǒng.
* Nonstandard spelling of dòng.

#### 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.

## Middle English
### Noun

dong
* Alternative form of donge (“dung”)

## North Moluccan Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔŋ/

### Pronoun

dong
* Short for dorang.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Shortened form of kordong, itself possibly a mishearing of kondom

### Noun

dong m (definite singular dongen, indefinite plural donger, definite plural dongene)
* (slang) condom

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /dõ.ɡuˈi/ [dõ.ɡʊˈi], /dõˈɡi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dõˈɡi/
* Hyphenation: dong

### Noun

dong m (plural dongs)
* dong (currency of Vietnam)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French dong.

### Noun

dong m (plural dongi)
* dong (currency)

#### Declension
### References

* dong in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Noun

dong m (plural dongs)
* dong (currency)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [zawŋ͡m˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [jawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [jɔŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [jawŋ͡m˧˧]

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

dong • (𢫝)
* to drive; to escort

### Etymology 2

Attested as deaong in the Flora Cochinchinensis (1790, "Flora of Cochinchina").

#### Noun

(classifier cây) dong • (容)
* Phrynium placentarium

## Zou
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doŋ˧/

#### Verb

dong
* (transitive) to solicit

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doŋ˧/

#### Verb

dong
* (transitive) to intercept

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doŋ˧˥/

#### Verb

dóng
* (transitive) to hinder

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doŋ˧˩/

#### Verb

dòng
* (intransitive) to ask

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63

## Zyphe
### Noun

dong
* cubit

### Verb

dong
* to poke, to prick

### References

* Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎