tunge

Norwegian Nynorsk

/²tʊŋːə/

pronu-note
Definitions
  • (anatomy) a tongue
  • (metonymically) a language; speech
  • (metonymically) a voice
  • (religion) glossolalia
  • something which resembles a tongue
  • (fish) Dover sole fish (Solea solea)
  • (rail) points (Britain, Ireland, Australia, India); switch (US) the part of the railway switch that actually moves
  • (fishing)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse tunga (tongue) inherited from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (tongue, language, speech) derived 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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