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* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|абз |
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|абз}}, {{t|ab|абыз}} |
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* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|tong}} |
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|tong}} |
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* Ainu: {{t|ain|チャルㇺペ|tr=carumpe}}, {{t|ain|パルㇺペ|tr=parumpe}} |
* Ainu: {{t|ain|チャルㇺペ|tr=carumpe}}, {{t|ain|パルㇺペ|tr=parumpe}} |
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* Archi: {{t|aqc|мац|tr=mac|sc=Cyrl}} |
* Archi: {{t|aqc|мац|tr=mac|sc=Cyrl}} |
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* Arin: {{t|xrn|elep}} |
* Arin: {{t|xrn|elep}} |
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* Armenian: {{t+|hy|լեզու |
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|լեզու}} |
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* Aromanian: {{t+|rup|limbã}} |
* Aromanian: {{t+|rup|limbã}} |
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* Asturian: {{t+|ast|llingua|f}} |
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|llingua|f}} |
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* Azeri: {{t+|az|dil}} |
* Azeri: {{t+|az|dil}} |
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* Baluchi: {{t|bal|زبان}}, {{t|bal|زوان|tr=zawán}} |
* Baluchi: {{t|bal|زبان}}, {{t|bal|زوان|tr=zawán}} |
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* Bashkir: {{t|ba|тел |
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|тел}} |
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* Basque: {{t|eu|mihi}} |
* Basque: {{t|eu|mihi}} |
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* Belarusian: {{t|be| |
* Belarusian: {{t|be|язы́к|m}} |
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* Bella Coola: {{t|blc|tixca}} |
* Bella Coola: {{t|blc|tixca}} |
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* Bengali: {{t+|bn|জিহ্বা|tr=jihba|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|জিভ|tr=jibh|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|জিব|tr=jib|sc=Beng}} |
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|জিহ্বা|tr=jihba|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|জিভ|tr=jibh|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|জিব|tr=jib|sc=Beng}} |
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* Breton: {{t+|br|teod|m}}, {{t+|br|teodoù|p}} |
* Breton: {{t+|br|teod|m}}, {{t+|br|teodoù|p}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg| |
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ези́к|m}} |
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* Burmese: {{t+|my|လျှာ |
* Burmese: {{t+|my|လျှာ}} |
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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llengua|f}} |
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llengua|f}} |
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* Central Atlas Tamazight: {{t|tzm|ⵉⵍⵙ|tr=ils}} |
* Central Atlas Tamazight: {{t|tzm|ⵉⵍⵙ|tr=ils}} |
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* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|menu}} |
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|menu}} |
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* Chechen: {{t|ce|мотт |
* Chechen: {{t|ce|мотт}} |
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* Chinese: |
* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|舌頭|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|舌头|tr=shétou|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|舌|tr=shé|sc=Hani}} |
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|舌頭|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|舌头|tr=shétou|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|舌|tr=shé|sc=Hani}} |
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* Dongxiang: {{t|sce|kielien}} |
* Dongxiang: {{t|sce|kielien}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tong|f}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tong|f}} |
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* Erzya: {{t|myv|кель |
* Erzya: {{t|myv|кель}} |
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* Esperanto: {{t|eo|lango}} |
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|lango}} |
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* Estonian: {{t+|et|keel}} |
* Estonian: {{t+|et|keel}} |
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* Galician: {{t+|gl|lingua|f}} |
* Galician: {{t+|gl|lingua|f}} |
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* Gamilaraay: {{t|kld|thalay}} |
* Gamilaraay: {{t|kld|thalay}} |
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* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ენა |
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ენა}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Zunge|f}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Zunge|f}} |
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* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉|f |
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉|f}} |
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* Greek: {{t+|el|γλώσσα|f |
* Greek: {{t+|el|γλώσσα|f}} |
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* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|oqaq}} |
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|oqaq}} |
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* Guaraní: {{t|gn|kũ}} |
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|kũ}} |
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* Ingush: {{t|inh|мотт}} |
* Ingush: {{t|inh|мотт}} |
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* Interlingua: {{t|ia|lingua}} |
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|lingua}} |
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* Irish: {{t+|ga|teanga}} |
* Irish: {{t+|ga|teanga|f}} |
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* Istriot: {{t|ist|lèngua|f}}, {{t|ist|laèngua|f}}, {{t|ist|lengua|f}} |
* Istriot: {{t|ist|lèngua|f}}, {{t|ist|laèngua|f}}, {{t|ist|lengua|f}} |
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* Italian: {{t+|it|lingua|f}} |
* Italian: {{t+|it|lingua|f}} |
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* Jèrriais: {{t|roa-jer|langue|f}} |
* Jèrriais: {{t|roa-jer|langue|f}} |
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* Karelian: {{t|krl|kieli}} |
* Karelian: {{t|krl|kieli}} |
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* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|тіл |
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|тіл}} |
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* Ket: {{t|ket|qo}} |
* Ket: {{t|ket|qo}} |
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* Khmer: {{t+|km|អណ្ដាត|tr=ɑndaat|sc=Khmr}} |
* Khmer: {{t+|km|អណ្ដាត|tr=ɑndaat|sc=Khmr}} |
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*: Sorani: {{t+|ku|زمان|tr=zman|sc=ku-Arab}} |
*: Sorani: {{t+|ku|زمان|tr=zman|sc=ku-Arab}} |
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* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|тил |
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|тил}} |
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* Lak: {{t|lbe|маз}} |
* Lak: {{t|lbe|маз}} |
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* Lao: {{t+|lo|ລີ້ນ |
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ລີ້ນ}} |
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* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|mēle|f}} |
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|mēle|f}} |
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* Latin: {{t+|la|lingua|f}} |
* Latin: {{t+|la|lingua|f}} |
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* Luo: {{t|luo|lep}} |
* Luo: {{t|luo|lep}} |
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* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Zong|f}} |
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Zong|f}} |
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* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|јазик|m |
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|јазик|m}} |
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* Malay: {{t|ms|lidah}} |
* Malay: {{t|ms|lidah}} |
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* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|നാക്ക് |
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|നാക്ക്}} |
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* Maltese: {{t|mt|ilsien|m}} |
* Maltese: {{t|mt|ilsien|m}} |
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* Maori: {{t|mi|arero}} |
* Maori: {{t|mi|arero}} |
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* Mbabaram: {{t|vmb|jalnggulay}} |
* Mbabaram: {{t|vmb|jalnggulay}} |
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* Mirandese: {{t|mwl|llengua|f}} |
* Mirandese: {{t|mwl|llengua|f}} |
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* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|хэл |
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|хэл}} |
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* Navajo: {{t|nv|atsooʼ}} |
* Navajo: {{t|nv|atsooʼ}} |
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* Nepali: {{t|ne|जिब्रो|sc=Deva|tr=jibrō}} |
* Nepali: {{t|ne|जिब्रो|sc=Deva|tr=jibrō}} |
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* Nuer: {{t|nus|lɛp}} |
* Nuer: {{t|nus|lɛp}} |
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* Occitan: {{t+|oc|lenga|f}} |
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|lenga|f}} |
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* Old Church Slavonic: {{t|cu|ѩзꙑкъ|m |
* Old Church Slavonic: {{t|cu|ѩзꙑкъ|m}} |
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* Old English: {{t|ang|tunge}} |
* Old English: {{t|ang|tunge}} |
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* Ossetian: {{t|os|ӕвзаг |
* Ossetian: {{t|os|ӕвзаг}} |
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* Persian: {{t+|fa|زبان|tr=zabân}} |
* Persian: {{t+|fa|زبان|tr=zabân}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|język|m}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|język|m}} |
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* Romanian: {{t+|ro|limbă|f}} |
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|limbă|f}} |
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* Romansch: {{t|rm|lieunga}} |
* Romansch: {{t|rm|lieunga}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru| |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|язы́к|m}} |
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* Rusyn: {{t|rue|язы́к|m |
* Rusyn: {{t|rue|язы́к|m}} |
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* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|जिह्वा|f |
* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|जिह्वा|f}}, {{t|sa|लोला|f}}, {{t|sa|रसना|f}} |
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* Sardinian: |
* Sardinian: {{i|Nugorese}} {{t|sc|limba|f}} |
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*: Nugorese: {{t|sc|limba|f}} |
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* Scots: {{t|sco|tung}} |
* Scots: {{t|sco|tung}} |
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* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|teanga|f}} |
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|teanga|f}} |
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*: Roman: {{t+|sh|jezik|m}} |
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|jezik|m}} |
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* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|lingua|f}} |
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|lingua|f}} |
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* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|දිව |
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|දිව}} |
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* Skolt Sami: {{t|sms|njuuč}} |
* Skolt Sami: {{t|sms|njuuč}} |
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* Slovak: {{t+|sk|jazyk|m}} |
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|jazyk|m}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tunga|c}} |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tunga|c}} |
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* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|dila}} |
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|dila}} |
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* Tajik: {{t+|tg|забон |
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|забон}} |
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* Tamil: {{t+|ta|நாக்கு|tr=nAkku|sc=Taml}}, {{t+|ta|நாவு|tr=nAvu|sc=Taml}} |
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|நாக்கு|tr=nAkku|sc=Taml}}, {{t+|ta|நாவு|tr=nAvu|sc=Taml}} |
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* Tatar: {{t+|tt|тел |
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|тел}} |
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* Telugu: {{t+|te|నాలుక |
* Telugu: {{t+|te|నాలుక}} |
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* Thai: {{t+|th|ลิ้น|tr=lín|sc=Thai}}, {{t|th|ชิวหา|tr=ćhiw-hā|sc=Thai}} |
* Thai: {{t+|th|ลิ้น|tr=lín|sc=Thai}}, {{t|th|ชิวหา|tr=ćhiw-hā|sc=Thai}} |
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* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ལྕེ |
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ལྕེ}}, {{t|bo|ལྗགས}} {{qualifier|polite}} |
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* Tocharian A: {{t|xto|käntu}} |
* Tocharian A: {{t|xto|käntu}} |
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* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|kantwo}} |
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|kantwo}} |
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* Turkish: {{t+|tr|dil}} |
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|dil}} |
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* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|dil}} |
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|dil}} |
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* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|дыл |
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|дыл}} |
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* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk| |
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|язи́к|m}} |
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* Urdu: {{t|ur|جیبھ|f|tr=jībh|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t+|ur|زبان|f|tr=zabān|sc=ur-Arab}} |
* Urdu: {{t|ur|جیبھ|f|tr=jībh|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t+|ur|زبان|f|tr=zabān|sc=ur-Arab}} |
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* Uyghur: {{t+|ug|تىل |
* Uyghur: {{t+|ug|تىل}} |
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* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|til}} |
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|til}} |
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* Venetian: {{t|vec|łéngua|f}} |
* Venetian: {{t|vec|łéngua|f}} |
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* Welsh: {{t+|cy|tafod}} |
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|tafod}} |
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* West Frisian: {{t|fy|tonge}} |
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|tonge}} |
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* Yakut: {{t|sah|тыл |
* Yakut: {{t|sah|тыл}} |
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* Yiddish: {{t|yi|צונג|f|tr=tsung}} |
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|צונג|f|tr=tsung}} |
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* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|aak’}} |
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|aak’}} |
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{{trans-see|language}} |
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{{trans-top|flap in a shoe}} |
{{trans-top|flap in a shoe}} |
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* Armenian: {{t|hy|լեզվակ |
* Armenian: {{t|hy|լեզվակ}} |
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|jazyk|m}} |
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jazyk|m}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tong|c}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tong|c}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|languette|f}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|languette|f}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Zunge|f}}, {{t+|de|Lasche|f}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Zunge|f}}, {{t+|de|Lasche|f}} |
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* Greek: {{t+|el|γλώσσα|f |
* Greek: {{t+|el|γλώσσα|f}} |
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* Icelandic: {{t+|is|tunga|f}}, {{t|is|tunga á skó|f}}, {{t|is|skótunga|f}} |
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|tunga|f}}, {{t|is|tunga á skó|f}}, {{t|is|skótunga|f}} |
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* Italian: {{t|it|linguetta|f}} |
* Italian: {{t|it|linguetta|f}} |
Revision as of 17:10, 17 July 2014
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) tonge, (deprecated template usage) tunge, (deprecated template usage) tung, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) tunge, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”) (compare West Frisian (deprecated template usage) tonge, Dutch (deprecated template usage) tong, German (deprecated template usage) Zunge, Danish (deprecated template usage) tunge, Swedish (deprecated template usage) tunga), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (compare Irish (deprecated template usage) teanga, Latin (deprecated template usage) lingua, Tocharian A/B (deprecated template usage) känt/(deprecated template usage) kantwo, Lithuanian (deprecated template usage) liežùvis, Polish (deprecated template usage) język 'language, tongue', Armenian (deprecated template usage) լեզու (lezu), Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) जिह्वा (jihvā́)).
Alternative forms
- tounge (obsolete, now considered a misspelling); tung (informal/eye dialect); tong, tonge, toong, toongue, toung, toungue, tunge (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /ˈtʌŋ/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˈtɒŋ/ (UK, rare) - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter)Audio (US): (file) - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter)Audio (UK): (file) - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Rhymes: -ʌŋ
Noun
tongue (plural tongues)
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
- A language.
- He was speaking in his native tongue.
- The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
- Dryden
- parrots imitating human tongue
- Dryden
- (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
- L'Estrange
- Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.
- L'Estrange
- (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) Honourable discourse; eulogy.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- She was born noble; let that title find her a private grave, but neither tongue nor honour.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- (deprecated template usage) (religion, often in the plural) Glossolalia.
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot, so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth.
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
- A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
- the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance
- A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
- The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- The clapper of a bell.
- (deprecated template usage) (figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter XI
- Now, in this decadent age the art of fire-making had been altogether forgotten on the earth. The red tongues that went licking up my heap of wood were an altogether new and strange thing to Weena.
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter XI
- A small sole (type of fish).
- (deprecated template usage) (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
- (deprecated template usage) (music) A reed.
Synonyms
Translations
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- Maori: teremū
- (deprecated template usage)
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Verb
tongue (third-person singular simple present tongues, present participle tonguing, simple past and past participle tongued)
- (deprecated template usage) (music, transitive, intransitive) On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
- Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.
- (deprecated template usage) (slang) To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.
- To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
- a soil horizon that tongues into clay
- To join by means of a tongue and groove.
- to tongue boards together
- (deprecated template usage) (intransitive, obsolete) To talk; to prate.
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive, obsolete) To speak; to utter.
- Shakespeare
- such stuff as madmen tongue
- Shakespeare
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive, obsolete) To chide; to scold.
- Shakespeare
- How might she tongue me.
- Shakespeare
Derived terms
- beef tongue
- cat got someone's tongue
- double tonguing
- double-tongued
- forked tongue
- give tongue, give tongue to
- hold one's tongue
- law of the tongue
- mother tongue
- native tongue
- roll off the tongue
- sharp tongue
Anagrams
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ʌŋ
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Religion
- en:Nautical
- en:Music
- Min Nan terms with non-redundant manual script codes
- Min Nan terms with redundant script codes
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English slang
- en:Footwear