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tung utng tnug ntug untg nutg tugn utgn tgun gtun ugtn gutn tngu ntgu tgnu gtnu ngtu gntu ungt nugt ugnt gunt ngut gnut

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Definitions and meaning of tung

tung

Alternative forms

• tongue

Etymology 1

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

tung (plural tungs)

1. Obsolete spelling of tongue both as language and as part of the body

Usage notes

May be used by advocates of English spelling reform.

References

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

Etymology 2

From Chinese 桐 (tóng).

Noun

tung (plural tungs)

1. A tung tree.

Derived terms

• tung oil, tung oil tree

Translations

Anagrams

• GUNT, Gunt, gunt

Albanian

Etymology

Shortened from tungjatjeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuŋ(ɡ)/

Interjection

tung

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

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢɔŋˀ]

Adjective

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

1. heavy

Inflection

Middle English

Noun

tung

1. Alternative form of tonge (“tongue”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

Derived terms

References

• “tung” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊŋː/

Adjective

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

1. heavy

2. hard, difficult

3. tired, unwell

Derived terms

References

• “tung” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Alternative forms

• tunc

Etymology

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

Noun

tung m

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

Descendants

• Middle High German: tunc
  • German: Tunk

Rawang

Noun

tung

1. jail

Scots

Etymology

From Old English tunge.

Noun

tung (plural tungs)

1. (anatomy) tongue

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɵŋ/

Adjective

tung (comparative tyngre, superlative tyngst)

1. heavy (having great weight)

2. heavy, arduous

3. important, major

4. (slang) phat

Usage notes

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

Declension

References

• tung in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tung in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tung in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ungt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 縱.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

tung

1. to toss, to throw

See also

Source: wiktionary.org