Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German zunge, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (tongue; speech, language). Cognate with German Zunge, English tongue.

Noun edit

zung f (Luserna)

  1. tongue
  2. language

References edit

Iu Mien edit

Etymology edit

From Chinese (MC trjang). Borrowed independently from the same source was Proto-Hmongic (whence White Hmong rab and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] zheinb).

Classifier edit

zung

  1. indicates tools
    yietc zung bouvan axe

Yola edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

zung

  1. past participle of zing
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:
      Yith w'had any lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung,
      If we had any luck, our name would have been sung

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86