tunge
Danish
Pronunciation
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)
- (anatomy) tongue
- sole (fish)
- 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:
Inflection
Etymology 2
See tung (“heavy”).
Adjective
tunge
Finnish
Pronunciation
Verb
tunge
- (deprecated template usage) present active indicative connegative of tunkea
- (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative of tunkea
- (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of tunkea
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
tunge
Etymology 2
Noun
tunge f or m (definite singular tunga or tungen, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene)
- a tongue
Derived terms
References
- “tunge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
tunge f (definite singular tunga, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene)
- tongue (organ)
- Menneske kan smaka med tunga.
- Humans can taste with their tongue.
- something that resembles a tongue (organ)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
tunge
References
- “tunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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
Noun
tunge f
Declension
Descendants
Swedish
Adjective
tunge
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