tunga
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teŋaq. Cognate with Malay tengah, Maori tonga.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tungâ
Noun edit
tungâ
- center; middle
- (geometry) the center of a circle
- (geometry) the center of a sphere
- the middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges
- (geometry) the point on a line that is midway between the ends
- (geometry) the point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume)
- (slang, euphemistic) vagina
Verb edit
tungâ
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tunga f (genitive singular tungu, plural tungur)
- tongue (organ)
- mother tongue, language
- tongue of land in a stream
- the tongue of a shoe
- lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)
Declension edit
Declension of tunga | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tunga | tungan | tungur | tungurnar |
accusative | tungu | tunguna | tungur | tungurnar |
dative | tungu | tunguni | tungum | tungunum |
genitive | tungu | tungunnar | tunga | tunganna |
Herero edit
Verb edit
tunga
- to build
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tunga f (genitive singular tungu, nominative plural tungur)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Kituba edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.
Verb edit
tunga
Kuikúro edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
tunga
Lingala edit
Verb edit
-tunga (infinitive kotunga)
Derived terms edit
- Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -tungisa
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
tunga m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
tunga f (definite singular tunga, indefinite plural tunger or tungor, definite plural tungene or tungone)
Old Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Noun edit
tunga f
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “tunga”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *dungō.
Noun edit
tunga ?
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Noun edit
tunga f (genitive tungu, plural tungur)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: tunga
- Faroese: tunga
- Norn: tunga
- Elfdalian: tungga
- Norwegian: tunge
- Old Swedish: tunga
- Swedish: tunga
- Old Danish: tungæ
- Danish: tunge
- Gutnish: tungge, tunggå, tungga
References edit
- “tunga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Saxon edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Noun edit
tunga f
Declension edit
Descendants edit
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ.
Noun edit
tunga f
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tunga | tungan | tungu(r), -o(r) | tunguna(r), -ona(r) |
accusative | tungu, -o | tunguna, -ona | tungu(r), -o(r) | tunguna(r), -ona(r) |
dative | tungu, -o | tungunni, -onne | tungum, -om | tungumin, -omen |
genitive | tungu, -o | tungunna(r), -onna(r) | tunga | tunganna |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: tunga
Rwanda-Rundi edit
Verb edit
-tûnga (infinitive gutûnga, perfective -tûnze)
Derived terms edit
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Verb edit
-tunga (infinitive kutunga)
Conjugation edit
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Derived terms edit
- Verbal derivations:
- Other formations: -tunga mimba (“to get pregnant”)
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish tunga, from Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Noun edit
tunga c
- a tongue (organ)
- a tongue (flap in a shoe)
- Synonym: plös
- a language, speech
- De skatter som förvärvas genom falsk tunga, de äro en försvinnande dunst och hasta till döden.
- The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. (Proverbs 21:6)
Declension edit
Declension of tunga | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tunga | tungan | tungor | tungorna |
Genitive | tungas | tungans | tungors | tungornas |
Derived terms edit
- hålla tungan rätt i mun
- tala med kluven tunga (“speak with a forked tongue”)
- tala i tungor (“speak in tongues”)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
tunga
Noun edit
tunga c
References edit
Tausug edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teŋaq.
Noun edit
tunga
Verb edit
tunga (used in the form magtunga)
- to halve
Turkish edit
Noun edit
tunga (definite accusative tungalar, plural tungayı)
- A sort of tiger.