jeng

Chinese

Etymology

Irregular romanisation of 正 (zeng3).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeng³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeng³
    • Yale: jeng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zéng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːŋ³³/

Adjective

jeng

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) attractive; beautiful; awesome; fantastic

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦗꦼꦁ
Pegon
Roman	jeng

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese jöṅ (“foot”), possibly from Austroasiatic. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”), whence Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Bahnar jơ̆ng and Mon ဇိုၚ် (juiṅ).

Noun

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jeng

1. (literary) foot

References

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

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *henki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjenɡ/, [ˈjeŋˑɡ̥]

Noun

jeng

1. spirit, soul
2. breath
3. person, soul

Declension

Declension of jeng (94)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	jeng	jēngõd
genitive (genitīv)	jeng	jēngõd
partitive (partitīv)	jengõ	jēngidi
dative (datīv)	jengõn	jēngõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	jengkõks	jēngõdõks
illative (illatīv)	jengõ	jēngiž
inessive (inesīv)	jengsõ	jēngis
elative (elatīv)	jengstõ	jēngist

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “jeng”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎ (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Cognate with Persian زنگ (zang) / ژنگ (žang, “rust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛŋɡ/

Noun

Central Kurdish	ژەنگ (jeng)

jeng ? (Arabic spelling ژەنگ)

1. rust

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟəŋ˧/

Noun

jeng

1. penis

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40