koning

• كُوْنِڠْ (kūniŋ)

From Dutch koning, from Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch kuning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊə.nəŋ/

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koning (plural konings or koninge (dated), diminutive koninkie, feminine koningin)

1. king
2. (chess) king

Chess pieces in Afrikaans · skaakstukke (skaak + stukke) (layout · text)
koning	dame	toring	loper	ruiter	pion

Cognate with or borrowed from Malay kening.

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koning

1. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)

 

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From Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch kuning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate to English king.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.nɪŋ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ko‧ning
• Rhymes: -oːnɪŋ

koning m (plural koningen, diminutive koninkje n, feminine koningin)

1. a king, monarch
2. a king, top-dog
3. (chess) a king

• ZM

• Afrikaans: koning
• Negerhollands: koning, kiniṅ
• → Mohegan-Pequot: kunnung
• → Sranan Tongo: kownu
  • → Lokono: kónoe
  • → Aukan: konu
  • → Kari'na: konu

Chess pieces in Dutch · schaakstukken (schaak + stukken) (layout · text)
koning	koningin, dame	toren	loper, bisschop, raadsheer	paard	pion

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

koning

1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

koning

1. yellow (colour)