ing

See also: Ing, ING, -ing, -ing-, ing., Ing., and -ïng

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ing, ynge, enge, from Old English ing, *eng (“a meadow; ing”), from Proto-Germanic *angijō (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“a bend; curve; bowl; hollow; dell; glen”), from *h₂énk- (“to bend; curve; bow”). Cognate with Scots eng (“ing; meadow”), Dutch eng (“pasture; farmland”), Danish eng (“meadow”), Swedish äng (“meadow; field”), Norwegian eng (“meadow”), Faroese ong (“grassland; meadow; pasture”), Icelandic eng (“a meadow”), Icelandic engi (“a meadow; meadowland”).

Noun

ing (plural ings)

  1. (now only in dialectal) A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.
    Ings, glens, and fens of the Highlands.
    • 1773, Journals of the House of Commons:
      Bill for dividing and inclosing certain open common fields, ings, common pastures, and other commonable lands.
    • 1804, Marshall (William), On the Landed Property of England, possibly quoting an earlier work:
      [There] lay an extent of meadow grounds, in ings, to afford a supply of hay.

References
  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Etymology 2
From Pitman em and en, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.

Noun

ing (plural ings)

  1. The letter for the ng sound /ŋ/ in Pitman shorthand.
  • eng, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

English -ing.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ing

  1. (slang) in the process of; currently

References

Hungarian
ing

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈiŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ing

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from an Iranian language.[1]

Noun

ing (plural ingek)

  1. shirt
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ing ingek
accusative inget ingeket
dative ingnek ingeknek
instrumental inggel ingekkel
causal-final ingért ingekért
translative inggé ingekké
terminative ingig ingekig
essive-formal ingként ingekként
essive-modal — —
inessive ingben ingekben
superessive ingen ingeken
adessive ingnél ingeknél
illative ingbe ingekbe
sublative ingre ingekre
allative inghez ingekhez
elative ingből ingekből
delative ingről ingekről
ablative ingtől ingektől
Possessive forms of ing
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ingem ingeim
2nd person sing. inged ingeid
3rd person sing. inge ingei
1st person plural ingünk ingeink
2nd person plural ingetek ingeitek
3rd person plural ingük ingeik
Derived terms

Etymology 2

An earlier form of the verb inog (“to wobble”).

Verb

ing

  1. (intransitive) to wobble
  2. (intransitive) to swing
Conjugation
conjugation of ing
Infinitive ingani
Past participle ingott
Present participle ingó
Future participle -
Adverbial participle ingva
Potential inghat
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite ingok ingasz ing ingunk ingotok inganak
Definite intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
Past Indefinite ingottam ingottál ingott ingottunk ingottatok ingottak
Definite -
Conditional mood Present Indefinite inganék inganál ingana inganánk inganátok inganának
Definite -
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite ingjak ingj
or
ingjál		 ingjon ingjunk ingjatok ingjanak
Definite -
Conjugated infinitive inganom inganod ingania inganunk inganotok inganiuk
Synonyms
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • meging

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Javanese

Preposition

ing

  1. in
  2. on
  3. at

Jirajira

Noun

ing

  1. water

References
  • Luis Oramas, Materiales para el estudio de los dialectos Ayamán, Gayón, Jirajara, Ajagua (1916)

Old English

Etymology

Apparently borrowed from Old Norse eng or possibly inherited directly from Proto-Germanic *angijō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iŋɡ/

Noun

ing f (nominative plural inga or inge)

  1. meadow, water meadow, ing

Declension
Declension of ing (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ing inga, inge
accusative inge inga, inge
genitive inge inga
dative inge ingum

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English ink.

Noun

ing

  1. ink
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