tunge

See also: Tunge

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔnɡə/, [ˈtˢɔŋə]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish tungæ, Old Norse tunga, Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).

Noun

tunge c (singular definite tungen, plural indefinite tunger)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. sole (fish)
3. language
   • 1856, Frederik E. Schiern, Historiske studier, page 86:

     Men da ei Grunden blev tilstrækkelig / For Folkets Antal, drog de over til / Det sorte Bjerg, ja til det hvide Land, / Hvor, skjult bag ved en evig Muur af Iis, / Et andet Folk med anden Tunge taler.

     But when the place was insufficient / For the numbers of the people, they went to / The black mountain, yes, to the white land, / Where, hidden behind an eternal wall of ice, / Another people in another tongue speaks.

   • 2014, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:

     Deres høvding havde talt til ham i hans eget folks sprog og forklaret mange ting, som det var vanskeligt at udtrykke i en anden tunge.

     Their chief had spoken to him in his own [not the chief's] people's language and explained many things that would have been difficult to express in another tongue.

Inflection

Declension of tunge

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tunge	tungen	tunger	tungerne
genitive	tunges	tungens	tungers	tungernes

Etymology 2

See tung (“heavy”).

Adjective

tunge

1. definite of tung
2. plural of tung

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuŋːe/, [ˈt̪uŋːe̞]
• Hyphenation: tun‧ge

Verb

tunge

1. (deprecated template usage) present active indicative connegative of tunkea
2. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative of tunkea
3. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of tunkea

Anagrams

• tengu

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

tunge

1. definite singular of tung
2. 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)

1. a tongue

Derived terms

• tungetale

References

• “tunge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tʊŋːə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tunga.

Noun

tunge f (definite singular tunga, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene)

1. tongue (organ)

   Menneske kan smaka med tunga.

   Humans can taste with their tongue.

2. something that resembles a tongue (organ)

Derived terms

• tungetale

Adjective

tunge

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of tung
2. plural of tung

References

• “tunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian tunge, Old Saxon tunga, Old Dutch tunga, Old High German zunge, Old Norse tunga, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), Archaic Latin dingua (Latin lingua, Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬬𐬁 (hizvā), Old Church Slavonic ѩзꙑкъ (językŭ), Lithuanian liežùvis, Old Irish tengae, Welsh tafod), Tocharian A käntu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtun.ɡe/, [ˈtuŋ.ɡe]

Noun

tunge f

1. a tongue
2. a language

Declension

Declension of tunge (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tunge	tungan
accusative	tungan	tungan
genitive	tungan	tungena
dative	tungan	tungum

Descendants

• Middle English: tonge, tunge, tung
  • English: tongue
  • Scots: tung, tong, tongue

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Swedish

Adjective

tunge

1. (deprecated template usage) definite natural masculine singular of tung