tunge

== Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtˢɔŋə] === Etymology 1 === From Old Danish tungæ, Old Norse tunga, Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, cognate with English tongue, German Zunge, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō). The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”), cf. Latin lingua, Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́). ==== Noun ==== tunge c (singular definite tungen, plural indefinite tunger) (anatomy) tongue sole (fish) (poetic) language ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === See tung (“heavy”). ==== Adjective ==== tunge definite of tung plural of tung == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtuŋːe/, [ˈt̪uŋːe̞] Rhymes: -uŋːe Syllabification(key): tun‧ge Hyphenation(key): tun‧ge === Verb === tunge inflection of tunkea: present active indicative connegative second-person singular present imperative second-person singular present active imperative connegative === Anagrams === tengu == Middle English == === Noun === tunge alternative form of tonge (“tongue”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== tunge definite singular of tung plural of tung === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse tunga. ==== Noun ==== tunge f or m (definite singular tunga or tungen, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene) a tongue ===== Derived terms ===== tungetale === References === “tunge” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²tʊŋːə/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse tunga f, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ f (“tongue”), from an N-stem variant of earlier Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s f (“tongue”). Nordic cognates include Icelandic, Faroese, Norn, and Swedish tunga, Danish tunge, Elfdalian tungga. Other Germanic cognates include English tongue, West Frisian tonge, Dutch tong, German Zunge, and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō). Indo-European cognates include Armenian լեզու (lezu), Irish teanga, Latin lingua, Lithuanian liežuvis, Northern Kurdish ziman, Persian زبان, Polish język, Russian язык (jazyk), Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), Tocharian A käntu, Tocharian B kantwo, Welsh tafod. ==== Alternative forms ==== (non-standard since 2012) tunga ==== Noun ==== tunge f (definite singular tunga, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene) (anatomy) a tongue (metonymic) a language; speech (metonymic) a voice (religion, often in the plural) glossolalia something which resembles a tongue a flame a tongue in a swallowtail flag a tongue in a shoe Synonym: pløse (poetic) bladepoint; tip of a spear, sword, lance or other (zoology) Dover sole fish (Solea solea) Synonyms: tungeflyndre, sjøtunge, skosole (rail transport) points (Britain, Ireland, Australia, India); switch (US) (the part of the railway switch that actually moves) (fishing) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse þungi, from the adjective tung (“heavy”) (Old Norse þungr). ==== Noun ==== tunge m (definite singular tungen, indefinite plural tungar, definite plural tungane) heaviness, weight pressure sleepiness (in the definite singular) most, the majority === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== tunge definite singular of tung plural of tung === References === “tunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “tunge” in The Ordnett Dictionary Confer with (Norwegian Bokmål) “tunge_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). === Anagrams === gnute == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *tungā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtun.ɡe/, [ˈtuŋ.ɡe] === Noun === tunge f (nominative plural tungan) a tongue a language Synonym: ġeþēode ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: tonge, tong, tung, tungeEnglish: 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: tangScots: tung, tongue, tong == Old Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ. === Noun === tunge f tongue language ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== North Frisian: tonge, tunge Saterland Frisian: Tunge West Frisian: tonge === References === Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014) Cummins, Adley H. (1887), A Grammar of the Old Friesic Language, London: Trübner & Co., page 45 == Swedish == === Adjective === tunge definite natural masculine singular of tung