tonge

== English == === Noun === tonge (plural tonges) Obsolete spelling of tongue. === Anagrams === G-note, get on == Afrikaans == === Noun === tonge plural of tong == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɔŋ.ɡeː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔn̠ʲ.d͡ʒe] === Verb === tongē second-person singular present active imperative of tongeō == Middle Dutch == === Alternative forms === tonghe === Etymology === From Old Dutch tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. === Noun === tonge f tongue speech, language ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: tongAfrikaans: tongNegerhollands: tong, toṅ, tung→ Virgin Islands Creole: ton (dated)Skepi Creole Dutch: tunk→? Sranan Tongo: tongo→ Aukan: tongo→ Kwinti: tongo→ Saramaccan: tongò Limburgish: tóng === Further reading === “tonghe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “tonge”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English tunge (“tongue, language”). ==== Alternative forms ==== tong, tung, tunge ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtunɡ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== tonge (plural tonges or tongen) (anatomy) tongue A tongue-shaped thing. language, speech, wording Synonyms: langage, speche, thede, leden ===== Derived terms ===== houndestonge oxtonge ===== Descendants ===== English: tongue, tounge (misspelling, otherwise obsolete), tung (eye dialect, otherwise obsolete), tong, tonge, toong, toongue, toung, toungue, tunge (obsolete)Australian Kriol: tangBislama: tangSranan Tongo: tongoTok Pisin: tangTorres Strait Creole: tang Scots: tung, tongue, tong ===== References ===== “tǒng(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old English tang, tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō. Reinforced by Old Norse tangi. ==== Alternative forms ==== tang, tange, tongge, toonge, tounge ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɔnɡ(ə)/, /ˈtɔːnɡ(ə)/, /ˈtanɡ(ə)/, /ˈtaːnɡ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== tonge (plural tonges or tongen) A pair of tongs: (surgery) A forceps (surgical tongs) A device for extinguishing candles. The tang of a blade. A fang (long, sharp tooth) (rare) tang (sharp flavour) ===== Descendants ===== English: tong (tongs); tang Scots: tang, taing ===== References ===== “tō̆nge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian tunge, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā. === Noun === tonge c (plural tongen, diminutive tonkje) tongue ==== Further reading ==== “tonge (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011