keng - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Clipping of chao keng, from Teochew 臭 (cao³, “dirty, ill-reputed”) + 經 / 经 (gêng¹, “to evade; to pass the buck”).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [ˈkeŋ˦]

keng (usually invariable)

1. (Singapore, Singlish) Synonym of chao keng (“to malinger, to shirk military duties by reporting sick”)

• kengster

keng

1. inflection of kengur:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite dative singular

From Portuguese quem.

• IPA^(key): /keŋ/

keng

1. (interrogative) who (what person)^[1]
2. (relative) who (the person that)^[2]

• Ladislav Prištic (2010) Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa (in Kristang), Masaryk University

• IPA^(key): /kæŋ/

keng f pl (negative indefinite article)

1. not a (feminine singular)

   Si ass keng Erzéierin

   She is not a teacher

2. not (plural)

   Si si keng Fräschen, mä Mouken

   They are not frogs, but toads

keng

1. Nonstandard spelling of kēng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kěng.

• 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.

From Proto-Turkic *kēŋ.

keng (comparative kengroq, superlative eng keng)

1. broad, wide
2. vast, spacious
3. extensive, widespread

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

keng

1. (onomatopoeia) clank; clang; clink

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *keŋ.

• IPA^(key): /keŋ˧/

keng

1. (transitive) to bring
2. (transitive) to carry

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kee, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *keŋ. Cognates include Tibetan རྐང (rkang).

• IPA^(key): /keŋ˧˥/

kéng

1. leg

• IPA^(key): /keŋ˧˩/

kèng

1. naked

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kaŋ.

• IPA^(key): /kəŋ˧/

keng

1. (transitive) to fry

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 47, 62