"boong" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bʊŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boong.wav Forms: boongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊŋ 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. Etymology templates: {{cog|ms|bung||brother}} Malay bung (“brother”), {{cog|id|-}} Indonesian Head templates: {{en-noun}} boong (plural boongs)
  1. (Australia, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) An Australian Aboriginal person. Tags: Australia, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Categories (topical): People Synonyms (Asian or dark-skinned person): Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel Synonyms (aboriginal): abo, Jacky
    Sense id: en-boong-en-noun-Lz5Q8m~x Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Categories (other): Australian English, English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 31 14 21 16 1 1 7 6 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 15 17 13 0 0 9 7 1 2 Disambiguation of 'Asian or dark-skinned person': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'aboriginal': 89 11
  2. (Australia, slang, dated) A native of New Guinea or Malaysia. Tags: Australia, dated, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-boong-en-noun-f2IXX3Cm Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Categories (other): Australian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bung, bong

Noun [Gilbertese]

Head templates: {{head|gil|noun form}} boong
  1. plural of bong Tags: form-of, plural Form of: bong
    Sense id: en-boong-gil-noun-CXBps9Ur Categories (other): Gilbertese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Makasar]

IPA: /ˈboːŋ/, [ˈɓõ.õŋ]
Etymology: Cognate Buginese bowong. Etymology templates: {{cog|bug|bowong}} Buginese bowong Head templates: {{mak-noun}} boong (Lontara spelling ᨅᨚᨕᨚ)
  1. (dialectal) Alternative spelling of bongong (“veil, headscarf”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: bongong (extra: veil, headscarf)
    Sense id: en-boong-mak-noun-WT3jCVT2 Categories (other): Makasar entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Tày]

IPA: [ɓɔŋ˧˥] (note: Thạch An – Tràng Định), [ɓɔŋ˦] (note: Trùng Khánh)
Head templates: {{head|tyz|noun|head=|tr=}} boong, {{tyz-noun}} boong
  1. the central part
    Sense id: en-boong-tyz-noun-veIqMk41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Tày]

IPA: [ɓɔŋ˧˥] (note: Thạch An – Tràng Định), [ɓɔŋ˦] (note: Trùng Khánh) Forms: [CJK]
Head templates: {{head|tyz|noun|head=|tr=俸}} boong (俸), {{tyz-noun|俸}} boong (俸)
  1. people in general
    Sense id: en-boong-tyz-noun-CBsn0Sc6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle [Tày]

IPA: [ɓɔŋ˧˥] (note: Thạch An – Tràng Định), [ɓɔŋ˦] (note: Trùng Khánh) Forms: 𲋄 [CJK]
Head templates: {{head|tyz|particle|head=|tr=𲋄}} boong (𲋄), {{tyz-part|𲋄}} boong (𲋄)
  1. pluralizing particle for pronouns Derived forms: boong hây, boong khỏi, boong là, boong lầu, boong mầư, boong mền, boong te
    Sense id: en-boong-tyz-particle-6-Tz3~fk Categories (other): Tày entries with incorrect language header, Tày particles Disambiguation of Tày entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 95 Disambiguation of Tày particles: 4 4 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective [Vietnamese]

IPA: [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɓɔŋ͡m˧˧] [Huế], [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|vi}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||||head=|tr=}} boong, {{vi-adj}} boong
  1. (onomatopoeia) bell-like resounding sound Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-boong-vi-adj-cIPJhqP9 Categories (other): Vietnamese onomatopoeias, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 70 7 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Vietnamese]

IPA: [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɓɔŋ͡m˧˧] [Huế], [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: From French pont. Etymology templates: {{bor|vi|fr|pont}} French pont Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} boong, {{vi-noun}} boong
  1. (nautical) deck Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-boong-vi-noun-2DAyWQbD Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Vietnamese]

IPA: [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɓɔŋ͡m˧˧] [Huế], [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: cái [classifier]
Etymology: From English bong. Etymology templates: {{bor|vi|en|bong}} English bong Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} boong, {{vi-noun|cls=cái}} (classifier cái) boong
  1. bong (water pipe used to smoke cannabis)
    Sense id: en-boong-vi-noun-Do5lTJkC Categories (other): Vietnamese nouns classified by cái Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns classified by cái: 25 21 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "text": "‘[…]I quit the feds because I didn't want to be a showpiece boong cop.’",
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          "ref": "1943, Australian Army, “Timor Souvenir”, in Khaki and Green: With the Australian Army at Home and Overseas, page 119:",
          "text": "A couple of boongs came down and carried me up to the hut where our R.A.P. corporal was.",
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          "ref": "1998, August Ibrum K. Kituai, My Gun, My Brother: The World of the Papua New Guinea Colonial Police, 1920-1960, page 282:",
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          "ref": "2000, Prue Torney-Parlicki, Somewhere in Asia: War, Journalism and Australia's Neighbours 1941-75, page 48:",
          "text": "[Department of Information cameraman Damien] Parer's views on mateship encompassed both the Papuans and the soldiers: at one point he wrote ‘“no boongs, no battle”, implying that natives and diggers were equal partners in their fight against the Japanese.’⁷¹",
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    {
      "args": {
        "cls": "cái"
      },
      "expansion": "(classifier cái) boong",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bong (water pipe used to smoke cannabis)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bong",
          "bong"
        ],
        [
          "cannabis",
          "cannabis#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɔŋ͡m˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boong"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: Lontara spelling ᨅᨚᨕᨚ",
  "path": [
    "boong"
  ],
  "section": "Makasar",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "boong",
  "trace": ""
}

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