From Middle Englishtonge(“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old Englishtange, from Proto-West Germanic*tangu, from Proto-Germanic*tangō, from Proto-Indo-European*denḱ-(“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norsetǫng (modern Icelandictöng), Old High Germanzanga (modern GermanZange). Other cognates include Sanskritदशति(dáśati, “to bite”) and Albaniandang(“bite, nip”).
Noun
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tong (plural tongs)
(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
1998, Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz, editors, Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity, page 232:[…] these attributes are concrete expressions of God's care and providence and therefore not man-made. This explains the quite bizarre presence of a ‘pair’ of tongs in some lists: in order to make a tong one needs a tong, and how could the first tong be made without a tong?
A Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land.
1995, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, “Block Crown Lease (Cheung Chau) Ordinance”, in Hong Kong Government Gazette[1], page A2772:An Ordinance to provide for the termination of the Block Crown Lease of Cheung Chau granted to Wong Wai Tsak Tong and for sub-lessees under the Block Crown Lease to hold directly from the Crown.
1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster:Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.
See also
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tong doc
tong fai
tong lau
Afrikaans
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Etymology
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From Dutchtong, from Middle Dutchtonge, from Old Dutchtunga, from Proto-Germanic*tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /tɔŋ/
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Noun
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tong (plural tonge)
tongue
Derived terms
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biltong
tongvis
Chuukese
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Noun
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tong
love
Dutch
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Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /tɔŋ/
Audio:
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Hyphenation: tong
Rhymes: -ɔŋ
Etymology 1
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From Middle Dutchtonge, from Old Dutchtunga, from Proto-West Germanic*tungā, from Proto-Germanic*tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Noun
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tongf (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje n)
tongue
Derived terms
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het achterste van zijn tong laten zien
ossentong
roltong
tongbeen
tongelen
tongen
tongloos
tongpiercing
tongspier
tongvaren
vuurtong
Descendants
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Afrikaans: tong
Negerhollands: tong, toṅ, tung
→ Virgin Islands Creole: ton(dated)
Skepi Creole Dutch: tunk
→? Sranan Tongo: tongo
→ Aukan: tongo
→ Kwinti: tongo
→ Saramaccan: tongò
Etymology 2
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From etymology 1.
Noun
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tongm (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje n)
a kind of flatfish, the common sole, Solea soleaSynonym:zeetong
French
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Etymology
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From Australian Englishthong.
Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /tɔ̃ɡ/
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Noun
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tongf (plural tongs)
flip-flop, thong Synonyms:(informal)clic-clac, (Canada, informal)gougonne, (Belgium, Africa)slache, (West Africa)tapette, claquette
Hokkien
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For pronunciation and definitions of tong – see 東 (“east; host; etc.”).(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of東).
Indonesian
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Pronunciation
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(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtɔŋ/[ˈt̪ɔŋ]
Syllabification: tong
Etymology 1
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From Malaytong, from Hokkien桶 (thóng).
Noun
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tong (pluraltong-tong)
barrel Synonym:tahang
Etymology 2
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Onomatopoeic.
Noun
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tong
sound of a gong, kentungan.
Etymology 3
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From Betawi [Term?], from Hokkien童 (tâng/tông).
Noun
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tong
(dialect, Jakarta)Clipping of entong(“boy”).
Further reading
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“tong” 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.
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
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Noun
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tong
Alternative form of tonge(“tongue”)
North Moluccan Malay
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Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /tɔŋ/
Etymology 1
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From torang.
Pronoun
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tong
Short for torang.
Etymology 2
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From Malaytong or Indonesiantong, from Hokkien桶 (thóng).
Noun
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tong
barrel (a round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
當 / 当(tong, “to bear; to take responsibility; to match equally”) as recorded in Barclay (1923) in Douglas (1873), where "the person who supplies a private gambling party with room, cards, and food, (customarily) receives a percentage of the winnings" as per Barclay (1923).
東 / 东(tong, “host”, literally “east”) according to Manuel (1948) as in 做東 / 做东(chòe-tong / chò-tong, “to act as a host”) or 作東 / 作东(chok-tong) as recorded in Douglas (1873), because it was customary in China for the host to sit on the east side of the room or table when receiving a guest, who usually stays on the west side, as per Manuel (1948).
Chan-Yap (1980) also records a ⟨“tôŋ”⟩ (POJ: tong), which she described as 'percentage cut of a gambling taken from winners', though she was not clear on which term in Hokkien that she meant by this. Compare Ilocanotong(“bribe money”), agtong(“to give bribe money”).
Noun
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tong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)(colloquial)
(gambling) percentage cut or commission of the winnings taken from the winner/s for the banker/dealer or owner of the gambling house Synonyms:kulas, sapinto, hulog
Borrowed from Hokkien黨 / 党(tóng, “faction; club; cabal”), as recorded in Douglas (1873). Compare Englishtong.
Noun
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tong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)(colloquial)
association; political party; secret society
References
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“tong”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
“tong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 144
Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 146
Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 2521
Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 984
Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 65
Barclay, Thomas (1923) “當 tong”, in Supplement to Dictionary of the Amoy Colloquial Language (overall work in Hokkien and English), Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Limited, page 239
Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tsok-tong”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 527; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 527
Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tóng”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 528; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 528
Uzbek
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Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic
тонг
Latin
tong
Perso-Arabic(Afghanistan)
Etymology
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From Proto-Turkic*taŋ.
Noun
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tong (plural tonglar)
dawn, daybreak
Declension
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Vietnamese
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Pronunciation
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(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tawŋ͡m˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [tawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [tɔŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [tawŋ͡m˧˧]
Adjective
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tong
done for, screwed mất tong một buổi chiều mà chẳng tiến triển gì ― an afternoon wasted without any significant progress
2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 199:Mưa. Thế là lại đi tong một ngày mủ vì mưa nữa rồi!Rain. So yet another day's worth of latex gone to waste because of the rain!
