deng

See also: Deng, dēng, děng, and dèng

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dhingW-u, from Proto-Indo-European *dhigW- to stick, fix'.

Noun

deng m

  1. a sack crammed with things, pile (of objects)

Kurdish

Etymology

deng + lê + kirin

Noun

deng

  1. voice
  2. sound

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eŋ

Pronoun

deng

  1. second-person singular possessive pronoun, nominative or accusative case, feminine or plural object: your
    Deng Fra ass ganz schéin
    Your wife is very pretty

See also

Mandarin

Romanization

deng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of děng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of dèng.

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.

Welsh

Pronunciation

Numeral

deng

  1. Alternative form of deg (“ten”)

Usage notes

Used before blynedd, blwydd, nouns beginning with m or n, and optionally before diwrnod and nouns beginning with a vowel. Triggers nasal mutation of b and d.[2]

  • deng mlynedd ― ten years
  • deng mlwydd ― ten years old
  • deng millltir ― ten miles
  • deng niwrnod (or) deg diwrnod ― ten days
  • deng awr (or) deg awr ― ten hours

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
deng ddeng neng unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ↑ Morris-Jones, John (1913). A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 51 ii (3)
  2. ↑ Thorne, David A. (1993). A Comprehensive Welsh Grammar, Oxford: Blackwell, p. 147
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