tung

== English == === Alternative forms === tongue === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tonge, from Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”); along with Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. ==== Noun ==== tung (plural tungs) Obsolete spelling of tongue, both as language and as part of the body. ===== Usage notes ===== May be used by advocates of English spelling reform. ===== References ===== Webster's 1828 Dictionary, tung Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1387, tung, tungd === Etymology 2 === From Chinese 桐 (tóng). ==== Noun ==== tung (plural tungs) A tung tree. ===== Derived terms ===== tung oil, tung oil tree ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === GUNT, Gunt, gunt == Albanian == === Etymology === Shortened from tungjatjeta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuŋ(ɡ)/ === Interjection === tung (informal) hi, hello (informal) good bye == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish thung, from Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz, from *tengʰ- (“to pull back, be heavy”), cf. Lithuanian tingùs (“heavy”), Russian тя́жкий (tjážkij, “hard”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtˢɔŋˀ] === Adjective === tung (neuter tungt, plural and definite singular attributive tunge) heavy Antonym: let dark, gloomy, heavy (about skies etc.) heavy, arduous Synonym: krævende (figurative) important, major ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “tung” in Den Danske Ordbog “tung” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Kapampangan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtuŋ/ [ˈtuŋ] Hyphenation: tung === Noun === tung alternative spelling of nung alternative spelling of to == Middle English == === Noun === tung alternative form of tonge (“tongue”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz. === Adjective === tung (neuter singular tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre or tungere, indefinite superlative tyngst or tungest, definite superlative tyngste or tungeste) heavy ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “tung” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʊŋː/ === Adjective === tung (masculine and feminine tung, neuter tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre, indefinite superlative tyngst, definite superlative tyngste) heavy hard, difficult tired, unwell ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “tung” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old High German == === Alternative forms === tunc === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *dung (“cellar”). === Noun === tung m a barn covered with dung an underground cellar ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: tunc German: Tunk == Rawang == === Noun === tung jail == Scots == === Etymology === From Old English tunge. === Noun === tung (plural tungs) (anatomy) tongue == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɵŋ/ === Adjective === tung (comparative tyngre, superlative tyngst) heavy (having great weight) heavy, arduous important, major (slang) phat ==== Usage notes ==== The comparative tungare, superlative attribute tungaste and superlative predicative tungast are nonstandard. ==== Declension ==== === References === “tung”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tung”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tung”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === ungt == Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 縱. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧] === Verb === tung to toss; to throw ==== Derived terms ====