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# to be strong
# to be strong
=====Descendants=====
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* [[G'Vunna language|G'Vunna]]: {{l|gvun|chonnga}}}}


====Creation and Usage Notes====
====Creation and Usage Notes====

Revision as of 10:44, 8 April 2024

Veda

Etymology

From Proto-Veda *tsjʔwŋ.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈtʃoŋ/

Orthographic Form

chong

Adjective

chong

  1. strong
Comparison
Prenominal Postnominal
Positive chong
Equative yu chong chong yu
Comparative dzok chong chong ghor
Superlative chong ghor mem
Contrastive ung dzok chong ung chong ghor
Sublative ung chong ghor mem
Translations

Noun

chong

  1. strength

Verb

chong (intransitive)

  1. to be strong
Descendants

Creation and Usage Notes

I felt like I owed my friend Kyn Chong, in whose honor I coined this word, after what I did with Dothraki.

-David J. Peterson 16:48, 31 December 2019 (PST)