lingua
Latin
noun
Definitions
- tongue
- a speech
- an utterance or expression
- a language
- a dialect, idiom or mode of speech
- (poetic) voice, note, song, bark etc.
- a kind of plant (alternatively called m
- the reed of the Roman tibiae
- a small amount of something, e.g. "a tongue of land" or "a spoonful"
- the short arm of a lever
Etymology
Inherited from Old Latin dingua (tongue) inherited from Proto-Italic *denɣwā (tongue) 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
👅 😋 😛 😜 😝 🤑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurolinguist English
- anthropolinguist English
- beardtongue English
- betongue English
- bilingual English
- bilinguist English
- blabtongue English
- bluetongue English
- co-linguist English
- cyberlingo English
- father tongue English
- geolinguist English
- goosetongue English
- ingot English
- intertongue English
- languet English
- linget English
- lingo English
- lingua English
- linguacious English
- lingual English
- linguiform English
- linguist English
- linguistic English
- linguistics English
- linguistry English
- lingula English
- monolinguist English
- multilinguist English
- neurolinguist English
- nonlinguist English
- outtongue English
- oxtongue English
- polylinguist English
- smoothtongue English
- tonguage English
- tongue English
- tonguectomy English
- tonguefish English
- tonguefuck English
- tonguefucker English
- tonguejob English
- tongueless English
- tonguelet English
- tonguelike English
- tonguely English
- tonguester English
- tongueworm English
- tonguey English
- tonguy English
- trilinguist English
- unilinguist English
- untongue English
- xenolinguist English
- *linguaticum Latin
- *linguāticum Latin
- bilinguis Latin
- bis Latin
- dingua Latin
- inter Latin
- linguax Latin
- lingula Latin
- linguālis Latin
- linguātulus Latin
- Engelszunge German
- Linguist German
- Linguistik German
- Ochsenzunge German
- Seezunge German
- Vorderzungenvokal German
- Zunge German
- Zungenbein German
- Zungenbrecher German
- Zungenkuss German
- Zungenlaut German
- Zungenreden German
- Zungenspitze German
- computerlinguistisch German
- doppelzüngig German
- lingual German
- linguistisch German
- paralinguistisch German
- scharfzüngig German
- bilingue Italian
- bislingua Italian
- lingotto Italian
- lingua Italian
- linguaccia Italian
- linguaggio Italian
- linguale Italian
- linguardo Italian
- lingueggiare Italian
- linguetta Italian
- linguiforme Italian
- linguina Italian
- linguistica Italian
- lingula Italian
- madrelingua Italian
- microlingua Italian
- protolingua Italian
- bilingue French
- lingot French
- multilingue French
- multilinguisme French
- bilingüe Spanish, Castilian
- lengua Spanish, Castilian
- lingote Spanish, Castilian
- lingual Spanish, Castilian
- *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- lingvist Norwegian Bokmål
- lingote Portuguese
- lingual Portuguese
- língua Portuguese
- *tungǭ Proto-Germanic
- lingvist Norwegian Nynorsk
- tunge Norwegian Nynorsk
- tungetale Norwegian Nynorsk
- tunge Old English
- जिह्वा Sanskrit
- tonge Middle English
- tunga Old Norse
- bagtungevokal Danish
- fortungevokal Danish
- lingvist Danish
- søtunge Danish
- tunge Danish
- *(j)ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- *ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- language Old French
- langue Old French
- languete Old French
- anglalingvano Esperanto
- dulingvulo Esperanto
- eŭsklingva Esperanto
- faklingvo Esperanto
- franclingvano Esperanto
- germanlingvano Esperanto
- gestolingvo Esperanto
- hispanlingvano Esperanto
- japanlingvano Esperanto
- lingva Esperanto
- lingvaro Esperanto
- lingvaĵo Esperanto
- lingve Esperanto
- lingviko Esperanto
- lingvisto Esperanto
- lingvo Esperanto
- lingvoscienco Esperanto
- multlingva Esperanto
- pralingvo Esperanto
- programlingvo Esperanto
- ruslingvano Esperanto
- samlingvano Esperanto
- suomlingvano Esperanto
- trilingvulo Esperanto
- vasklingva Esperanto
- llengua Catalan, Valencian
- bilingüe Galician
- lingua Galician
- linguado Galician
- trabalinguas Galician
- limbă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lingou Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lingură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- protolimbă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- λίγκα Greek (modern)
- zunga Old High German
- լեզու Old Armenian
- జిహ్వ Telugu
- bilîngue Norman
- langue Norman
- langue Middle French
- 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 Gothic
- *tungā gmw-pro
- אינטרלינגואה Hebrew (modern)
- lingua Old Portuguese
- *tangʷāss Proto-Celtic
- *tangʷāt- Proto-Celtic
- jivhā Pali
- જીભ Gujarati
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- limbã Aromanian
- lingurã Aromanian
- lenga Occitan
- lingwa Maltese
- *denɣwā Proto-Italic
- glianga Romansh
- laungia Romansh
- lengua Romansh
- leua Romansh
- lieunga Romansh
- lingua Romansh
- linguach Romansh
- linguatg Romansh
- lungaitg Romansh
- lungatg Romansh
- llingua Asturian
- lengaç Friulian
- lenghe Friulian
- marilenghe Friulian
- *ȷ́iźʰwáH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- জিহ্বা Bengali
- lengaje Old Occitan
- lengua Old Occitan
- lenguatge Old Occitan
- lengua Old Spanish
- lingua Sicilian
- łéngua Venetian
- tang Tok Pisin
- 𑀚𑀺𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀸 Sauraseni Prakrit
- *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *inźūˀkas, *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- léngoa Ligurian
- lengua Ladino
- lingua Ladino
- לינגוה Ladino
- *hižwáH Proto-Iranian
- ਜੀਭ Panjabi, Punjabi
- lingua Kabuverdianu
- linwe Walloon
- langaige Bourguignon
- langue Bourguignon
- tungæ Old Danish
- जीब Konkani
- tongo Sranan Tongo
- जीभ Old Marathi
- 𑘕𑘲𑘥 Old Marathi
- lingaz Ladin
- limba Sardinian
- limbidentu Sardinian
- lengua Neapolitan
- lèngua Istriot
- 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 Avestan
- *dingua Old Latin
- dingua Old Latin
- luenga Aragonese
- जिब्रो Nepali
- lhéngua Mirandese
- ǰhip Kalasha
- lenga Franco-Provençal
- langue Picard
- lingue Picard
- *käntwo Proto-Tocharian
- lengua Lombard
- lenga Piedmontese
- දිව Sinhala, Sinhalese
- زیٛو Kashmiri
- limbĕ Istro-Romanian
- ދޫ Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian
- 𐌚𐌀𐌍𐌂𐌅𐌀𐌌 Oscan
- 𐌚𐌀𐌍𐌂𐌖𐌀 Oscan
- tang Kriol
- tang Torres Strait Creole
- جیب Torwali
- ಜಿಹ್ವೆ Tulu
- luenga Extremaduran
- žū Ashkun
- dić Kati
- *ȷ́iȷ́ū́ Proto-Nuristani
- *ȷ́uȷ́ū́ Proto-Nuristani
- *jihvā́ Proto-Dardic