tōng

tōng

See also: tong, tóng, tòng, tông, tổng, tǒng, and tǫng

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• tong (nonstandard)
• tōŋ (very rare shorthand)

Pronunciation

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Romanization

tōng (tong¹, Zhuyin ㄊㄨㄥ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗵.
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 恫.
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樋.
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 炵.
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 熥.
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狪.
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痌.
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓪.
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 通.
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囲.

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Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ùŋɡ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

tōng f

1. (anatomy) tongue[1]

Derived terms

• tongbast n (“frenulum linguae”)
• tongspena m (“palatine uvula”)

Adjective

tōng

1. plural of tong

Noun

tōng f

1. Alternative form of tȳnj

References

1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “tōng”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 735