boong

== English == === Etymology === Suggested sources are Malay bung (“brother”), Indonesian dialectal bung (“brother”) A New Guinea native language An Aboriginal Australian language. Previously the word Binghi was used widely in similar fashion to the present-day use of the term Negro for peoples of African ancestry; see titles from this booklist and also writings of Xavier Herbert (e.g. in Capricornia), for example. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʊŋ/ Rhymes: -ʊŋ === Noun === boong (plural boongs) (Australia, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) An Australian Aboriginal person. (Australia, slang, dated) A native of New Guinea or Malaysia. ==== Alternative forms ==== bung or bong ==== Synonyms ==== (Asian or dark-skinned person): Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel (aboriginal): abo, Jacky === See also === List of ethnic slurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === === Anagrams === bogon, bongo == Gilbertese == === Noun === boong plural of bong == Makasar == === Etymology === Cognate Buginese bowong. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboːŋ/, [ˈɓõ.õŋ] Hyphenation: bo‧ong === Noun === boong (Lontara spelling ᨅᨚᨕᨚ) (dialectal) alternative spelling of bongong (“veil, headscarf”) === Further reading === A. A. Cense (2024), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎[5], Brill, →DOI == Tày == === Pronunciation === (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [ɓɔŋ˧˥] (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [ɓɔŋ˦] === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== boong the central part boong xay ― inside the windmill === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== boong (Nôm form 俸) people in general ==== Particle ==== boong (Nôm form 𲋄) pluralizing particle for pronouns ===== Derived terms ===== === References === Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[6][7] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên == Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔŋ͡m˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧] === Etymology 1 === From French pont. ==== Noun ==== boong (nautical) deck === Etymology 2 === Onomatopoeic. ==== Adjective ==== boong (onomatopoeia) bell-like resounding sound === Etymology 3 === From English bong. ==== Noun ==== (classifier cái) boong bong (water pipe used to smoke cannabis)