tunge

• IPA^(key): /tɔnɡə/, [ˈtˢɔŋə]

From Old Danish tungæ, Old Norse tunga, Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).

tunge c (singular definite tungen, plural indefinite tunger)

1. tongue (anatomy)
2. sole (fish)
3. 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.

See tung (“heavy”).

tunge

1. definite of tung
2. plural of tung

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuŋːe/, [ˈt̪uŋːe̞]
• Hyphenation: tun‧ge

tunge

1. Indicative present connegative form of tunkea.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of tunkea.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of tunkea.

• tengu

tunge

1. definite singular of tung
2. plural of tung

From Old Norse tunga

tunge f or m (definite singular tunga or tungen, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene)

1. a tongue

• tungetale

• “tunge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²tʊŋːə/

From Old Norse tunga.

tunge f (definite singular tunga, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene)

1. tongue (organ)

   Menneske kan smaka med tunga.

   Humans can taste with their tongue.

2. something that resembles a tongue (organ)

• tungetale

tunge

1. singular definite of tung
2. plural of tung

• “tunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian tunge, Old Saxon tunga, Old Dutch tunga, Old High German zunge, Old Norse tunga, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), Archaic Latin dingua (Latin lingua, Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬬𐬁‎ (hizvā), Old Church Slavonic ѩзꙑкъ (językŭ), Lithuanian liežùvis, Old Irish tengae, Welsh tafod), Tocharian A käntu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunɡe/, [ˈtuŋɡe]

tunge f

1. a tongue
2. a language

• Middle English: tonge, tunge, tung
  • English: tongue
  • Scots: tung, tong, tongue

tunge

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of tung.