kongo

See also: kongō, kongó, Kongo, Kongō, and Kongó

English

Noun

kongo (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea.

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

kongo

1. pigpen

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Tobelo [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkoŋo/ [ˈko.ŋo]
• Rhymes: -oŋo
• Syllabification: ko‧ngo
• Homophone: Kongo

Noun

kongo (plural kongo-kongo)

1. (dialect) tear (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes) [since 2024]

   Synonym: air mata

Further reading

• “kongo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

kongo

1. Rōmaji transcription of こんご