dorong

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *drǫgъ. Compare Old Church Slavonic дрѫгъ (drǫgŭ, “club, stick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoroŋɡ]

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• Hyphenation: do‧rong
• Rhymes: -oŋɡ

Noun

dorong (plural dorongok)

1. pole (a leafless branch or trunk of a younger tree used as a tool)
2. cudgel, club (a stick of wood used as a weapon)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	dorong	dorongok
accusative	dorongot	dorongokat
dative	dorongnak	dorongoknak
instrumental	doronggal	dorongokkal
causal-final	dorongért	dorongokért
translative	doronggá	dorongokká
terminative	dorongig	dorongokig
essive-formal	dorongként	dorongokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dorongban	dorongokban
superessive	dorongon	dorongokon
adessive	dorongnál	dorongoknál
illative	dorongba	dorongokba
sublative	dorongra	dorongokra
allative	doronghoz	dorongokhoz
elative	dorongból	dorongokból
delative	dorongról	dorongokról
ablative	dorongtól	dorongoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	dorongé	dorongoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	dorongéi	dorongokéi

Possessive forms of dorong

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dorongom	dorongjaim
2nd person sing.	dorongod	dorongjaid
3rd person sing.	dorongja	dorongjai
1st person plural	dorongunk	dorongjaink
2nd person plural	dorongotok	dorongjaitok
3rd person plural	dorongjuk	dorongjaik

Derived terms

• dorongol

Further reading

• dorong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dorong in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdoroŋ/ [ˈdo.roŋ]
• Rhymes: -oroŋ
• Syllabification: do‧rong

Verb

dorong

1. to push

   Synonyms: sorong, tolak

Conjugation

Conjugation of dorong (meng-, transitive)

root	dorong
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	mendorong	terdorong	didorong	dorong	doronglah
locative
causative / applicative1	mendorongkan		didorongkan	dorongkan	dorongkanlah
	causative
active
locative
causative / applicative1

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• dorongan (“a push”)
• mendorong
• pendorong (“pusher”)
• terdorong (“to be pushed (accidentally)”)

Further reading

• “dorong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doroŋ/
• Rhymes: -oŋ

Verb

dorong (Jawi spelling دوروڠ)

1. to push

   Synonyms: sorong, tolak

   Antonym: tarik

Derived terms

• didorong
• didorongkan
• dorong-mendorong
• dorongkan
• keterdorongan
• mendorong
• mendorongkan
• pendorong
• terdorong

Further reading

• “dorong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.