tekong

== Chungli Ao == === Etymology === From Proto-Central Naga *(k-)hwuŋ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɯ˧.kuŋ˧/, [tə˧.kuŋ˧] === Noun === tekong 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 === Borrowed from Hokkien 舵工 (tāi-kong, “steersman”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtekoŋ/ [ˈt̪e.kɔŋ] Rhymes: -ekoŋ Syllabification: te‧kong ==== Noun ==== tekong (plural tekong-tekong) steersman, helmsman Synonym: nakhoda trader Synonym: juragan (sports) first kick player (sports, sepak takraw) server (the standing at the back players) ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtekoŋ/ [ˈt̪e.kɔŋ] Rhymes: -ekoŋ Syllabification: te‧kong ==== Verb ==== tekong nonstandard form of tikung === Etymology 3 === From Jambi Malay [Term?], probably from Hokkien 舵工 (tāi-kong, “steersman”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təˈkoŋ/ [t̪əˈkoŋ] Rhymes: -oŋ Syllabification: te‧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