lung

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-, whence ultimately also light. Cognate with West Frisian long, Dutch long, German Lunge, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga, and also Russian лёгкое (ljóxkoje) (lung), Ancient Greek ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light in weight”) and perhaps Albanian lungë (“blister, bulge”). Compare Latin levis and Old English lēoht (Modern English light). See also lights (“lungs”). Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”). === Pronunciation === enPR: lŭng, (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈlʌŋ/ (Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /lʊŋ/ (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA(key): /lʊŋɡ/ Rhymes: -ʌŋ === Noun === lung (plural lungs) (anatomy) A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. (in the plural) Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath. That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place. ==== Synonyms ==== (organ): (in the plural) bellows (informal or archaic), (in the plural) lights (of an animal, used as food) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== pneumonic pulmonary == Aromanian == === Alternative forms === lungu === Etymology === From Latin longus. Compare Romanian lung. === Adjective === lung m (feminine lunghe, masculine plural lundz, feminine plural lundzi) long ==== Related terms ==== lundzest ==== See also ==== larg == Chungli Ao == === Etymology === From Proto-Central Naga *luŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-luŋ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /luŋ˩/, [luŋ˩] === Noun === lung stone === Further reading === Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 98, 249 Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 165 == Drung == === Etymology === From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luŋ. === Noun === lung stone === References === Ross Perlin (2019), A Grammar of Trung‎[2], Santa Barbara: University of California == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlʊŋ] Hyphenation: lung === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). ==== Noun ==== lung (plural lung-lung) curve, bend Synonym: keluk archer's bow Synonym: busur === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Malay [Term?], from Hokkien [Term?] 籠／笼 (láng, lâng, lông, lóng, “bamboo container”). ==== Noun ==== lung (plural lung-lung) bottomless coffin === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== lung (plural lung-lung) alternative spelling of long (“large firecracker”) === Further reading === “lung”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Lutuv == === Etymology === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luŋ, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *rV-luŋ. === Noun === lung stone, rock == Middle English == === Adverb === lung (Lancashire) alternative form of longe (adverb) == Mizo == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luŋ (“stone”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-luŋ. ==== Noun ==== lung stone, rock === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luŋ (“maggot”). ==== Noun ==== lung maggot ==== Adjective ==== lung (stem II lun) infested with maggots === Etymology 3 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luŋ (“heart”). ==== Noun ==== lung heart ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “lung”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === long (Halligen) lüng (Sylt) === Etymology === From Old Frisian long, from Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”). === Adjective === lung (comparative linger or långer, superlative lingst or långst) (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) long ==== Inflection ==== == Old French == === Adjective === lung m (oblique and nominative feminine singular lunge) (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of long ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== lungement == Romanian == === Etymology === From the Latin longus (“long”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /luŋɡ/ === Adjective === lung m or n (feminine singular lungă, plural lungi) long Antonym: scurt ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== lungan lungăreț lungi lunguieț ==== Related terms ==== alunga prelung ==== Descendants ==== → Hungarian: lunguj → Romani: lùngo ==== See also ==== alungi == Romansh == === Etymology === From Latin longus. === Adjective === lung m (feminine singular lunga, masculine plural lungs, feminine plural lungas) long == Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lʊwŋ͡m˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [lʊwŋ͡m˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [lʊwŋ͡m˧˧] === Adverb === lung • (𢥆) (of thought) very hard === Adjective === lung (only in compounds) loose ==== Derived terms ====