Clipping ofchao keng, fromTeochew臭(cao3,“dirty, ill-reputed”) +經 /经(gêng1,“to evade; to pass the buck”).
keng (usuallyinvariable)
- (Singapore, Singlish)Synonym ofchao keng(“to malinger, to shirk military duties by reporting sick”)
keng
- inflection ofkengur:
- indefiniteaccusativesingular
- indefinitedativesingular
FromPortuguesequem.
keng
- (interrogative)who(what person)[1]
- (relative)who(the person that)[2]
- Ladislav Prištic (2010)Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa (in Kristang), Masaryk University
- ^Prištic, p. 27
- ^Prištic, p. 27
keng f pl (negative indefinite article)
- not a (feminine singular)
- Si asskeng Erzéierin
- She isnot a teacher
- not (plural)
- Si sikeng Fräschen, mä Mouken
- They arenot frogs, but toads
keng
- Nonstandard spelling ofkēng.
- Nonstandard spelling ofkěng.
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
FromProto-Turkic*kēŋ.
keng (comparativekengroq,superlativeeng keng)
- broad,wide
- vast,spacious
- extensive,widespread
keng
- (onomatopoeia)clank;clang;clink
FromProto-Kuki-Chin*keŋ.
keng
- (transitive) tobring
- (transitive) tocarry
FromProto-Kuki-Chin*kee, fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*keŋ. Cognates includeTibetanརྐང(rkang).
kéng
- leg
kèng
- naked
FromProto-Kuki-Chin*kaŋ, fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*kaŋ.
keng
- (transitive) tofry
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013)A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages47, 62
