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tung

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tung"

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English tonge, from Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”); along with Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

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tung (plural tungs)

  1. Obsolete spelling of tongue. both as language and as part of the body
    • 1557 July 16, John Cheke, “"Inkhorn" terms: Sir John Cheke”, in Univ of Victoria, Canada‎[1], retrieved 2012-09-29:
      I am of this opinion that our own tung shold be written cleane and pure, unmixt and unmangeled with borowing of other tunges, …
    • 1790, Noah Webster, “The Founders' Constitution Vol 1, Chap 15, Doc 44”, in Univ. of Chicago‎[2], retrieved 2012-09-29:
      … ever exposed to their envy, and the tung of slander …
    • 1832, Noah Webster, Edmund Henry Barker, A Dictionary of the English Language‎[3], Digitized edition, Black and Young, published 2010, page 542:
      Our common orthography is incorrect; the true spelling is tung.
    • 1848, Jonathan Morgan, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ‎[4], Digitized edition, SH Colesworthy, published 2008, page 215:
      … words to be spoken with the understanding, that I may teach others also, than myriads of words, in a tung. ... In the law, it hath been written, That, with other tungs and other lips I will speak to this people, and then they will not hear ...
    • 1872, Hugh Rowley, Sage stuffing for green goslings; or, Saws for the goose and saws‎[5], Digitized edition, published 2006, page 159:
      If they've got anything to say which they want you to hear, let 'em say it out; if not, hold their tungs.
    • 2002 Fall, Richard Whelan, quoting Melvil Dewey, “The American Spelling Reform Movement”, in Verbatim, The Language Quarterly‎[6], volume XXVII, number 4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:
      English has strength, simplicity, conciseness, capacity for taking words freely from other tungs, and best of all has the greatest literature the world has yet produced.
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May be used by advocates of English spelling reform.

References
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  • Webster's 1828 Dictionary, tung
  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1387, tung, tungd

Etymology 2

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From Chinese 桐 (tóng).

Noun

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tung (plural tungs)

  1. A tung tree.
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Albanian

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Etymology

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Shortened from tungjatjeta.

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Interjection

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tung

  1. (informal) hi, hello
  2. (informal) good bye

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz, from *tengʰ- (“to pull back, be heavy”), cf. Lithuanian tingùs (“heavy”), Russian тя́жкий (tjážkij, “hard”).

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Adjective

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tung (neuter tungt, plural and definite singular attributive tunge)

  1. heavy

Inflection

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Inflection of tung
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular tung tungere tungest2
Indefinite neuter singular tungt tungere tungest2
Plural tunge tungere tungest2
Definite attributive1 tunge tungere tungeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Middle English

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Noun

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tung

  1. Alternative form of tonge (“tongue”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.

Adjective

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tung (neuter singular tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre or tungere, indefinite superlative tyngst or tungest, definite superlative tyngste or tungeste)

  1. heavy

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.

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Adjective

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tung (masculine and feminine tung, neuter tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre, indefinite superlative tyngst, definite superlative tyngste)

  1. heavy
    Ryggsekken verkar berre tyngre og tyngre.
    The rucksack just feels heavier and heavier.
  2. hard, difficult
    Dette var ei tung tid for dei.
    This was a difficult time for them.
  3. tired, unwell
    Eg kjenner meg tung i kroppen.
    My body feels tired.

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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *dung (“cellar”).

Noun

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tung m

  1. a barn covered with dung
  2. an underground cellar

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  • Middle High German: tunc

Rawang

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tung

  1. jail

Scots

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Etymology

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From Old English tunge.

Noun

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tung (plural tungs)

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.

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  • IPA(key): /tɵŋ/
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Adjective

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tung (comparative tyngre, superlative tyngst)

  1. heavy (having great weight)
    Den här stenen är jättetung
    This rock is really heavy
  2. heavy, arduous
    Det var tungt arbete
    It was heavy work
  3. important, major
    Hon spelar en tung roll i stiftelsen
    She plays an important role in the foundation
  4. (slang) phat
    ett tungt beat
    a phat beat

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The comparative tungare, superlative attribute tungaste and superlative predicative tungast are nonstandard.

Declension

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Inflection of tung
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tung tyngre tyngst
Neuter singular tungt tyngre tyngst
Plural tunga tyngre tyngst
Masculine plural3 tunga tyngre tyngst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tunge tyngre tyngste
All tunga tyngre tyngsta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 縱.

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Verb

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tung

  1. to toss, to throw

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