tunga

See also Tunga

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungōn, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s; cognate with English tongue.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtʰʊŋka]

Noun

tunga f.

1. tongue (organ)
2. mother tongue, language
3. tongue of land in a stream
4. the tongue of a shoe
5. lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)

Declension

f1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tunga	tungan	tungur	tungurnar
Accusative	tungu	tunguna	tungur	tungurnar
Dative	tungu	tunguni	tungum	tungunum
Genitive	tungu	tungunnar	tunga	tunganna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungōn, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s; cognate with English tongue.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtʰuŋka/
• Rhymes: -uŋka

Noun

tunga f. (genitive singular tungu, plural tungur)

1. (anatomy) a tongue
2. language
3. the tongue of a shoe

Declension

declension of tunga

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tunga	tungan	tungur	tungurnar
accusative	tungu	tunguna	tungur	tungurnar
dative	tungu	tungunni	tungum	tungunum
genitive	tungu	tungunnar	tungna	tungnanna

Synonyms

• (language): tungumál, mál, (archaic, dated) sprok

Derived terms

• tungumál
• tungulipur

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tungōn.

Noun

tunga f.

1. tongue

Descendants

• Dutch: tong

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Old High German

Etymology

See tung

Noun

tunga

1. dung

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /ˈtɵŋˌa/

Adjective

tunga

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of tung

Noun

tunga c.

1. a tongue (organ)

   hålla tungan rätt i mun

   carefully keep the balance

2. a tongue (flap in a shoe)
3. a tounge, a language, speech

   tala i tungor

   speak in tounges

   De skatter som förvärvas genom falsk tunga, de äro en försvinnande dunst och hasta till döden.

   The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. (Proverbs 21:6)

4. (archaic) weight (how heavy something is, from the adjective tung = heavy)
   1. a weight (for measuring weight with scales)

      Tyskland var då tungan på den europeiska jämviktens vågskål

      Germany was then the weight in the pan of the European balance

   2. a burden, a trouble
   3. a duty, something one is forced to do or pay

Declension

Declension of tunga

	singular		plural
c	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tunga	tungan	tungor	tungorna
genitive	tungas	tungans	tungors	tungornas

Synonyms

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• 2. plös
• 4. tyngd
• 4.2 börda