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gong · Malay
noun · Malay
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the struck metal instrument. Historical source-stage form associated with gong; the journey preserves the source's qualifications.
Date not yet researched — The inspected passage does not establish a word-specific date for this source stage.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
gong is the inspected source form associated with the historical source stage for English gong. gong(n.) opening entry
Gong is recorded around 1600 from Malay gong, probably imitative of the sound made when the instrument is struck; the verb is later recorded from 1853. gong(n.) opening entry
gong · English
noun · English
Reading: Reading not yet researched
the struck metal instrument. The English form and selected sense are represented from the inspected lexical account; unsupported pronunciation and location are left unresolved.
c. c. 1600–1609 · English gong — A source-reported written-use period; not necessarily the date of coinage, oral transmission, or every later sense.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
Gong is recorded around 1600 from Malay gong, probably imitative of the sound made when the instrument is struck; the verb is later recorded from 1853. gong(n.) opening entry
The inspected source supports the selected gong sense: the struck metal instrument. gong(n.) opening entry
gong → gong: borrowing, qualified. The Malay source is supported, while the imitative explanation is explicitly treated as probable and the later verb is kept outside the noun borrowing date. gong(n.) opening entry