tekong

== Ao == === Etymology === From Proto-Central Naga *(k-)hwuŋ. === Pronunciation === (Chungli) IPA(key): /tɯ˧.kuŋ˧/, [tə˧.kuŋ˧] === Noun === tekong (Chungli) neck === Further reading === Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 55 Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 38 Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 142 == Indonesian == === Etymology 1 === From Hokkien 舵工 (tāi-kong, “steersman”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.kɔŋ/ Rhymes: -kɔŋ Hyphenation: te‧kong ==== Noun ==== tekong steersman, helmsman Synonym: nakhoda trader (sports) first kick player === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.kɔŋ/ Rhymes: -kɔŋ Hyphenation: te‧kong ==== Verb ==== tekong nonstandard form of tikung === Etymology 3 === From Jambi Malay [Term?], probably from Hokkien 舵工 (tāi-kong, “steersman”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /təˈkɔŋ/ Rhymes: -kɔŋ Hyphenation: tê‧kong ==== Noun ==== tekong coyote (a smuggler of undocumented immigrants) === References === “tekong”, 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