צונג
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German zunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
צונג • (tsung) f, plural צונגען (tsungen) or צינגער (tsinger)
Derived terms[edit]
- אַ צונג אויף רעדער (a tsung oyf reder), אַ צונג און ביינער (a tsung un beyner), געשליפֿענע צונג (geshlifene tsung, “gift of gab”)
- אויף שפּיץ צונג (oyf shpits tsung, “on the tip of one's tongue”)
- אַרויסשטעלן אַ צונג (aroysshteln a tsung, “to stick out one's tongue”)
- בײַסן זיך די צונג (baysn zikh di tsung, “to hold one's tongue”)
- קילן די צונג (kiln di tsung, “to be long-winded”)
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