tunga

Faroese

/ˈtʰʊŋka/

noun
Definitions
  • tongue (organ)
  • mother tongue, language
  • tongue of land in a stream
  • the tongue of a shoe
  • lemon sole ()

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse tunga (tongue) inherited from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (tongue, language, speech) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (tongue, language, speech).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

Gloss

tongue, language, speech

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

語

Emoji
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Timeline

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