tung
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
tung (plural tungs)
- 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.
Usage notes edit
May be used by advocates of English spelling reform.
References edit
- Webster's 1828 Dictionary, tung
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1387, tung, tungd
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
tung (plural tungs)
- A tung tree.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Shortened from tungjatjeta.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
tung
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz, from *tengʰ- (“to pull back, be heavy”), cf. Lithuanian tingùs (“heavy”), Russian тя́жкий (tjážkij, “hard”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tung (neuter tungt, plural and definite singular attributive tunge)
Inflection edit
| 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 edit
Noun edit
tung
- Alternative form of tonge (“tongue”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.
Adjective edit
tung (neuter singular tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre or tungere, indefinite superlative tyngst or tungest, definite superlative tyngste or tungeste)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “tung” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tung (masculine and feminine tung, neuter tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre, indefinite superlative tyngst, definite superlative tyngste)
- heavy
- Ryggsekken verkar berre tyngre og tyngre.
- The rucksack just feels heavier and heavier.
- hard, difficult
- Dette var ei tung tid for dei.
- This was a difficult time for them.
- tired, unwell
- Eg kjenner meg tung i kroppen.
- My body feels tired.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “tung” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *dung (“cellar”).
Noun edit
tung m
Descendants edit
Rawang edit
Noun edit
tung
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Old English tunge.
Noun edit
tung (plural tungs)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tung (comparative tyngre, superlative tyngst)
- heavy (having great weight)
- Den här stenen är jättetung
- This rock is really heavy
- heavy, arduous
- Det var tungt arbete
- It was heavy work
- important, major
- (slang) phat
- ett tungt beat
- a phat beat
Usage notes edit
The comparative tungare, superlative attribute tungaste and superlative predicative tungast are nonstandard.
Declension edit
| 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 | |||
References edit
- tung in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tung in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tung in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 縱.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tung
See also edit