tunge
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtˢɔŋə]
Etymology 1
From Old Danish tungæ, Old Norse tunga, Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, cognate with English tongue, German Zunge, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō). The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”), cf. Latin lingua, Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́).
Noun
tunge c (singular definite tungen, plural indefinite tunger)
- (anatomy) tongue
- sole (fish)
- (poetic) 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:
- Deres høvding havde talt til ham i hans eget folks sprog og forklaret mange ting, som det var vanskeligt at udtrykke i en anden tunge.
- Their chief had spoken to him in his own [not the chief's] people's language and explained many things that would have been difficult to express in another tongue.
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Inflection
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tunge | tungen | tunger | tungerne |
| genitive | tunges | tungens | tungers | tungernes |
Etymology 2
See tung (“heavy”).
Adjective
tunge
- definite of tung
- plural of tung
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuŋːe/, [ˈt̪uŋːe̞]
- Rhymes: -uŋːe
- Syllabification(key): tun‧ge
Verb
tunge
- present active indicative connegative of tunkea
- second-person singular present imperative of tunkea
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative of tunkea
Anagrams
- tengu
Middle English
Noun
tunge
- Alternative form of tonge (“tongue”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
tunge
- definite singular of tung
- plural of tung
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tunga.
Noun
tunge f or m (definite singular tunga or tungen, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene)
- a tongue
Derived terms
- tungetale
References
- “tunge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²tʊŋːə/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse tunga f, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ f (“tongue”), from an N-stem variant of earlier Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s f (“tongue”).
Nordic cognates include Icelandic, Faroese, Norn, and Swedish tunga, Danish tunge, Elfdalian tungga and Westrobothnian tōng. Other Germanic cognates include English tongue, West Frisian tonge, Dutch tong, German Zunge, and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō).
Indo-European cognates include Armenian լեզու (lezu), Irish teanga, Latin lingua, Lithuanian liežuvis, Northern Kurdish ziman, Persian زبان, Polish język, Russian язык (jazyk), Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), Tocharian A käntu, Tocharian B kantwo, Welsh tafod.
Alternative forms
- (non-standard since 2012) tunga
Noun
tunge f (definite singular tunga, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene)
- (anatomy) a tongue
- Menneske kan smaka med tunga.
- Humans can taste with their tongue.
- (metonymically) a language; speech
- (metonymically) a voice
- (religion, often in the plural) glossolalia
- something which resembles a tongue
- a flame
- a tongue in a swallowtail flag
- a tongue in a shoe
- Synonym: pløse
- (poetic) bladepoint; tip of a spear, sword, lance or other
- (zoology) Dover sole fish (Solea solea)
- Synonyms: tungeflyndre, sjøtunge, skosole
- (rail transport) points (Britain, Ireland, Australia, India); switch (US) (the part of the railway switch that actually moves)
- (fishing) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms
- baktunge
- bite seg i tunga
- bretunge
- eldtunge
- folketunge
- ha kalvskit på tunga
- halde tunga beint i munnen
- ha på tunga
- hundetunge
- landtunge
- oksetunge
- ormetunge
- rette tunge
- sjøtunge
- smørtunge
- tale i tunger
- tale med to tunger
- tiriltunge
- tunga på glid
- tunga på vektskåla
- tunga ut av vindauget
- tungeband
- tungeflyndre
- tungemål
- tungerapp
- tungerot
- tungerygg
- tungeslag
- tungesnipp
- tungespiss
- tungetale
- tungete
- tungetipp
- tvitunga
- vekttunge
Etymology 2
From Old Norse þungi, from the adjective tung (“heavy”) (Old Norse þungr).
Noun
tunge m (definite singular tungen, indefinite plural tungar, definite plural tungane)
- heaviness, weight
- pressure
- sleepiness
- (in the definite singular) most, the majority
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
tunge
- definite singular of tung
- plural of tung
References
- “tunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “tunge” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- Confer with (Norwegian Bokmål) “tunge_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
- gnute
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *tungā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtun.ɡe/, [ˈtuŋ.ɡe]
Noun
tunge f
- a tongue
- a language
- Synonym: ġeþēode
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tunge | tungan |
| accusative | tungan | tungan |
| genitive | tungan | tungena |
| dative | tungan | tungum |
Descendants
- Middle English: tonge, tong, tung, tunge
- English: tongue (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: tung, tongue, tong
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ.
Noun
tunge f
- tongue
- language
Inflection
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tunge | tunga |
| accusative | tunga | tunga |
| genitive | tunga | tungan, -a |
| dative | tunga | tungu, -m |
Descendants
- North Frisian: tonge, tunge
- Saterland Frisian: Tunge
- West Frisian: tonge
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (4. Auflage) 2014
- Cummins, Adley, A Grammar of the Old Fresic Language, 45
Swedish
Adjective
tunge
- absolute definite natural masculine singular of tung.