Town Speech Word summary
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noun
王
king / kenig
[kɪŋg̥]
queen (female ruler)
[kɪŋg̥]
queen (female ruler)
Town Speech
⤷ Not dialect specific
⤷ Not dialect specific
Etymology
Native Germanic word, from Old Saxon kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Notes
Originally it was used exclusively for male monarches, but nowadays some people started to use it for monarches of either gender
The pronunciation /ke:nɪç/ is also used
Native Germanic word, from Old Saxon kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Notes
Originally it was used exclusively for male monarches, but nowadays some people started to use it for monarches of either gender
The pronunciation /ke:nɪç/ is also used
No root/derivation information available.
↺ 28 September 2016, 15:06
Conlang translations
Natural translations
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French (Français)reine
Hungarian (Magyar)királynő
Old Norse (Norrœnt)dróttning
Polish (Polski)królowa
Toki Ponalawa meli