lingula

Borrowed from Latin lingula (“small tongue”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /lɪŋɡjələ/

lingula (plural lingulae)

1. (anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
2. (anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.

• lingular
• linguliform

• -lingual, lingual

Borrowed from Latin lingula.

lingula f (plural lingule)

1. (anatomy) lingula
2. ancient roman leaf-shaped sword

lingua +‎ -ula, possibly influenced by ligula and lingō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡu.la/, [ˈlɪŋ.ɡʊ.ɫa]

lingula f (genitive lingulae); first declension

1. diminutive of lingua
2. tongue of land

First declension.

• lingulātus

• Aromanian: lingurã
• → English: lingula
• → Italian: lingula
• Romanian: lingură

• lingula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lingula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lingula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lingula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lingula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers