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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-, whence ultimately also light. Cognate with West Frisian long, Dutch long, German Lunge, Danish lunge, Norwegian lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga, and also Russian лёгкое (ljóxkoje) (lung), Ancient Greek ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light in weight”) and perhaps Albanian lungë (“blister, bulge”). Compare Latin levis and Old English lēoht (Modern English light). See also lights (“lungs”). Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”).

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: lŭng, IPA(key): /ˈlʌŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Noun

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lung (plural lungs)

  1. (anatomy) A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
  2. (in the plural) Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
    He no longer has the lungs to play long rallies like he used to.
  3. That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 123:
      Afterwards he found that the vague feeling of alarm had spread to the clients of the underground railway, and that the Sunday excursionists began to return from all the South-Western "lungs" - Barnes, Wimbledon, Richmond Park, Kew, and so forth - at unnaturally early hours[.]

Synonyms

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  • (organ): (in the plural) bellows (informal or archaic), (in the plural) lights (of an animal, used as food)

Derived terms

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Translations

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin longus. Compare Romanian lung.

Adjective

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lung m (feminine lunghe, masculine plural lundz, feminine plural lundzi)

  1. long
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Drung

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luŋ.

Noun

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lung

  1. stone

References

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Ross Perlin (2019), A Grammar of Trung‎[1], Santa Barbara: University of California

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlʊŋ]
  • Hyphenation: lung

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

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lung (plural lung-lung)

  1. curve, bend
    Synonym: keluk
  2. archer's bow
    Synonym: busur

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Malay [Term?], from Hokkien [Term?] 籠／笼 (láng, lâng, lông, lóng, “bamboo container”).

Noun

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lung (plural lung-lung)

  1. bottomless coffin

Etymology 3

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Noun

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lung (plural lung-lung)

  1. alternative spelling of long (“large firecracker”)

Further reading

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Lutuv

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luŋ, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r-lu(ŋ/k)

Noun

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lung

  1. stone, rock

Mizo

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Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luŋ (“stone”).

    Noun

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    lung

    1. stone, rock

    Etymology 2

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      From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luŋ (“maggot”).

      Noun

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      lung

      1. maggot

      Adjective

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      lung (stem II lun)

      1. infested with maggots

      Etymology 3

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        From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luŋ (“heart”).

        Noun

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        lung

        1. heart
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        North Frisian

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        From Old Frisian long.

        Adjective

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        lung (comparative linger or långer, superlative lingst or långst)

        1. (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) long

        Inflection

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        Inflection of lung (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
          masculine feminine /
        neuter         		plural
        indefinite definite
        positive
        predicative / adverbial lung
        attributive lungen lung lung
        independent lungen
        partitive lungs —
        comparative
        predicative / adverbial linger
        attributive lingeren linger linger
        independent lingeren
        partitive lingers —
        superlative
        predicative / adverbial am lingsten
        attributive — lingst lingst
        independent lingsten
        Inflection of lung (Mooring dialect)
          masculine feminine /
        neuter         		plural
        indefinite definite
        positive
        predicative / adverbial lung
        attributive / independent lungen lunge lung lunge
        partitive lungs —
        comparative
        predicative / adverbial långer
        attributive / independent långeren långere långer långere
        partitive långers —
        superlative
        predicative / adverbial am långsten
        attributive / independent — långste långst långste

        Old French

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        Adjective

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        lung m (oblique and nominative feminine singular lunge)

        1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of long

        Declension

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        Case masculine feminine neuter
        singular subject lungs lunge lung
        oblique lung lunge lung
        plural subject lung lunges lung
        oblique lungs lunges lung

        Derived terms

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        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        From the Latin longus (“long”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”).

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        Adjective

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        lung m or n (feminine singular lungă, plural lungi)

        1. long
          Antonym: scurt
          Asta e o stradă foarte lungă!
          This is a really long street!

        Declension

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        Declension of lung
        singular plural
        masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
        nominative-
        accusative         		indefinite lung lungă lungi lungi
        definite lungul lunga lungii lungile
        genitive-
        dative         		indefinite lung lungi lungi lungi
        definite lungului lungii lungilor lungilor

        Derived terms

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        Descendants

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        • → Hungarian: lunguj
        • → Romani: lùngo

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        Romansch

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        Etymology

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        From Latin longus.

        Adjective

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        lung m (feminine singular lunga, masculine plural lungs, feminine plural lungas)

        1. long

        Vietnamese

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        Adverb

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        lung • (𢥆)

        1. (of thought) very hard

        Adjective

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        lung

        1. (only in compounds) loose

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