Cung - Wiktionary

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cung"

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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• çung, cënuk, sung, qungj

Etymology

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Cognate to Italian cionco, Romanian ciung, Hungarian csonka, although the relation to the Italian and Hungarian words is considered blurry by some. Alternatively, from a variant of cuk which is also present in kacuk.[1]

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /t͡suŋ/

Adjective

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cung (feminine cunge)

1. missing a limb
2. missing a tail, horn, or wing

Synonyms

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• cungel

Noun

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cung m (plural cungje, definite cungu, definite plural cungjet)

1. tree stump
2. grapevine pruned of its twigs Synonym: hardhi
3. stump of amputated limb (arm, leg)
4. (Cham) gum, edentulate jaw Synonyms: trysë, cungë
5. (Arvanitika) baby’s toothless gum
6. (Arbëresh) piece Synonym: copë

Declension

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singular		plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cung	cungu	cungje	cungjet
accusative		cungun
dative	cungu	cungut	cungjeve	cungjeve
ablative			cungjesh

Synonyms

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• (tree stump): kërcu
• (tree stump): cumër
• (tree stump): kërçep
• (tree stump): kucër

Derived terms

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• bishtcung
• cungajë
• cungal
• cungel
• cungë
• cungël
• cungët
• cungim
• cungishtë
• cungoj
• cungth
• cunguar
• cungull
• cungullim
• cungulloj
• dorëcung
• krahcung
• përcungull
• veshcung

Adverb

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cung (regional, Pukë region)

1. around, very close, almost Synonym: cok është cung 70 vjeç ― he's 70 years old, give or take

Descendants

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• → Greek: τσούγγος (tsoúngos, “muley, polled bull”)
• → Greek: τσιούγγους (tsioúngous, “muley, polled bull”)

References

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1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cung”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 65-66

Further reading

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• “cung”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980

Musi

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of cucung (“grandchild”).

Noun

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cung

1. vocative of cucung (“grandchild”)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Javanese (dialectal) cung, encung (“aubergine”), from Old Javanese cuṅ (“a kind of aubergine”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ; *d₁rɗuəŋ (“eggplant, bottle-gourd”). Compare Malay terung and Lampung Api tiyung.

Noun

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cung

1. aubergine, brinjal, eggplant

Derived terms

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• cung asem
• cung bulu
• cung kediro
• cung kokak

Further reading

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• H. U. A. Zulkifly (2007), “CUNG”, in Kamus sederhana bahasa Palembang [A simple dictionary of the Palembang language], 2nd edition (in Indonesian), Tangerang: DPC Kerukunan Keluarga Palembang, page 55

Tagalog

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Conjunction

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cung (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔)

1. obsolete spelling of kung

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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• (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 宮.

Noun

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cung

1. a palace cung/nhà văn hoáa palace/house of culture; a clubhouse
2. (astrology) a sign 12 cung hoàng đạothe 12 zodiac signs

Derived terms

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• cấm cung (禁宮)
• cung đấu (宮鬥)
• cung điện (宮殿)
• cung đình (宮廷)
• cung nữ (宮女)
• hậu cung (後宮)
• hoàng cung (“royal palace”)
• thuỷ cung (水宮)
• tử cung (子宮)

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 宮.[1]

Noun

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cung

1. the first note in the classic pentatonic scale.[2]

Derived terms

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• cung bậc
• cung đàn (宮彈, “a piece of instrumental music”)
• cung thương (宮商, “harmony; music”)
• ngũ cung (五宮, “pentatonic”)

See also

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• ngũ âm
• ngũ cung

References

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1. ^ “宮”, in Từ điển Hán Nôm [Sino-Vietnamese Dictionary] (in Vietnamese), since 2001, section Từ điển trích dẫn [Dictionary of Example Usage], line 4
2. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995), “cung”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 73

Etymology 3

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 弓. Doublet of cong.

Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese cu᷃ in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lustinaum et Latinum (1651).

Noun

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(classifier cây) cung

1. (archery) bow

Noun

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cung

1. (geometry) arc

Derived terms

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• cung đạo (弓道)
• dây cung (“bowstring; chord”)

Related terms

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• tên
• nỏ

Etymology 4

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 供 (“to supply”).

Noun

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cung

1. (economics) supply

Antonyms

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• cầu (“demand”)

Derived terms

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• cung cấp (供給)
• cung cầu (供求)
• cung phụng (供奉)
• hỏi cung
• nguồn cung

Vilamovian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German zunge.

Pronunciation

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• Audio:

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Noun

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cung f

1. (anatomy) tongue

Zhuang

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Pronunciation

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• (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɕuŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: cung1
• Hyphenation: cung

Etymology 1

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From Chinese 鐘 (MC tsyowng).

Noun

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cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

1. bell
2. clock

Etymology 2

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From Chinese 盅 (MC tsyowng).

Noun

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cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

1. handleless cup

Classifier

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cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

1. cup of; cupful of

Etymology 3

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From Chinese 衝 (MC tsyhowng).

Verb

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cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

1. to charge; to attack

Etymology 4

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 沖?”)

Verb

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cung (1957–1982 spelling cuŋ)

1. to mix; to blend; to add into