tunga

== Cebuano == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teŋaq. Cognate with Malay tengah, Ilocano tengnga, and Māori tonga. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tu‧nga IPA(key): /tuˈŋaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈŋaʔ] === Adjective === tungâ half === Noun === tungâ center; middle (geometry) the center of a circle (geometry) the center of a sphere the middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges (geometry) the point on a line that is midway between the ends (geometry) the point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume) (slang, euphemistic) vagina === Verb === tungâ to split into halves to increase to halfway point to show up == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰʊŋka/ === Noun === tunga f (genitive singular tungu, plural tungur) tongue (organ) mother tongue, language tongue of land in a stream the tongue of a shoe lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) ==== Declension ==== == Herero == === Verb === tunga to build == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰuŋka/ Rhymes: -uŋka === Noun === tunga f (genitive singular tungu, nominative plural tungur) (anatomy) a tongue language the tongue of a shoe ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (language): tungumál, mál, sprok (archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== tungumál tungulipur == Kituba == === Etymology === Borrowed from Kongo tunga. === Verb === tunga to sew to build == Kongo == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga. === Verb === -tunga to sew to build == Kuikúro == === Alternative forms === tuŋá, tugá === Noun === tunga water == Lingala == === Verb === -tunga (infinitive kotunga) to thin, to become thinner, to slim ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Causative: -tungisa == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === tungen === Noun === tunga m or f definite feminine singular of tunge == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === tunga f (definite singular tunga, indefinite plural tunger or tungor, definite plural tungene or tungone) (pre-2012) alternative form of tunge definite singular of tunge == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. === Noun === tunga f tongue ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: tonge, tongheDutch: tongAfrikaans: tongNegerhollands: tong, toṅ, tung→ Virgin Islands Creole: ton (dated)Skepi Creole Dutch: tunk→? Sranan Tongo: tongo→ Aukan: tongo→ Kwinti: tongo→ Saramaccan: tongòLimburgish: tóng ==== Further reading ==== “tunga”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *dungu. === Noun === tunga ? dung == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. === Noun === tunga f (genitive tungu, plural tungur) tongue language ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: tunga Faroese: tunga Norn: tunga Elfdalian: tungga Norwegian: tunge Old Swedish: tungaSwedish: tunga Old Danish: tungæDanish: tunge Gutnish: tungge, tunggå, tungga === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “tunga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Old Saxon == === Alternative forms === tunge === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. === Noun === tunga f tongue 9th c. Heliand, verse 3373-3374 language ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: tunge German Low German: Tunge Plautdietsch: Tung == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ. === Noun === tunga f tongue speech, language ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: tunga == Rwanda-Rundi == === Verb === -tûnga (infinitive gutûnga, perfective -tûnze) own, possess be wealthy Synonym: -kira Antonym: -kena ==== Derived terms ==== ubutunzi umutunzi == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga. === Pronunciation === === Verb === -tunga (infinitive kutunga) to compose, to string together, to form matter kutunga mashairi ― to compose poems ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Causative: -tungisha Other formations: -tunga mimba (“to get pregnant”) Nominal derivations: mtungaji (“composer”) mtunzi (“composer”) utungo == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²tɵŋa/, [²t̪ʰɵŋa] Rhymes: -²ɵŋa === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish tunga, from Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. ==== Noun ==== tunga c a tongue (organ) a tongue (flap in a shoe) Synonym: plös a language, speech ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hålla tungan rätt i mun tala med kluven tunga (“speak with a forked tongue”) tala i tungor (“speak in tongues”) tungspatel (“tongue depressor”) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== tunga inflection of tung: definite singular plural ==== Noun ==== tunga c (archaic) weight (how heavy something is, from the adjective tung = heavy) a weight (for measuring weight with scales) Synonyms: tyngd, vikt Tyskland var då tungan på den europeiska jämviktens vågskål Germany was then the weight in the pan of the European balance a burden, a trouble Synonym: börda a duty, something one is forced to do or pay === References === “tunga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tunga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tunga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH