Tong

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tong"

English

Etymology

For the surname: Borrowed from Cantonese 湯／汤 (tong1), Cantonese 唐 (tong4), Mandarin 佟 (Tóng), Mandarin 童 (Tóng), etc.

Proper noun

Tong (countable and uncountable, plural Tongs)

1. A surname.
2. A place in the United Kingdom:
   1. A hamlet in Headcorn parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8346).
   2. A village and civil parish in eastern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7907).
   3. A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2230).
   4. A village north of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4436).

Derived terms

• Pete Tong

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tong is the 2730^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13196 individuals. Tong is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (81.26%) and White (11.58%) individuals.

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• tóng, tong (Veldeke spelling)
• Tǫng (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toŋ/
• (uncommon) IPA^(key): /tɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -oŋ, -ɔŋ

Noun

Tong f (plural Tonge, diminutive Töngke or Töngske or Tönkske or Töngeltje) (German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Eupen spelling)

1. (anatomy) tongue

Usage notes

• The diminutive form Töngeltje is exclusively used in Eupen.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 董 (Tóng) or 唐 (Tông).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtoŋ/ [ˈt̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: Tong

Proper noun

Tong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)

1. a surname from Hokkien

See also

• Tung