jazyk

Slovak

/ˈja.zik/

noun
Definitions
  • (anatomy) tongue the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal
  • a thing resembling a tongue
  • language a method of interhuman communication
  • language, tongue the conventional system of communication used by a particular community
  • language the parlance of a particular specialist field
  • language a particular style or manner of expression, idiom

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ 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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