Translingual

Tunga penetrans, bloated with eggs

Proper noun

Tunga f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tungidae – certain fleas, including the chigoe flea.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade; Siphonaptera - order; Pulicomorpha - infraorder; Pulicoidea - superfamily; Tungidae - family; Tungini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Tunga bondari, Tunga bossii, Tunga caecata, Tunga caecigena, Tunga callida, Tunga hexalobulata, Tunga libis, Tunga monositus, Tunga penetrans (chigoe flea), Tunga terasma, Tunga travassosi, Tunga trimamillata (species)

English

Proper noun

Tunga

1. Name of a river in South India, joins with Bhadra forming Tungabhadra.

Turkish

Proper noun

Tunga

1. A male given name

Faroese

Noun

tunga f (genitive singular tungu, plural tungur)

1. tongue (organ)
2. mother tongue, language
3. tongue of land in a stream
4. the tongue of a shoe
5. lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s; cognate with English tongue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰuŋka/
• Rhymes: -uŋka

Noun

tunga f ‎(genitive singular tungu, nominative plural tungur)

1. (anatomy) a tongue
2. language
3. the tongue of a shoe

Declension

Synonyms

• (language): tungumál, mál, sprok (archaic)

Derived terms

• tungumál
• tungulipur

Kuikúro

Alternative forms

• tuŋá, tugá

Noun

tunga

1. water
   • 2010, Ergativity in Amazonia (ISBN 9027206708):

     tunga heke leha ate-lü-ko leha

     water ERG CMPL surround-PNCT-PL CMPL

     'the water surrounded them'

   • 2012, Languages of the Amazon (ISBN 0199593566):

     tuŋá-héke létʃa ate-lə-ko léha

     water-ERG AP 3-encircle-PUNCTUAL-PL ASP

     'The water encircled them.'

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tungen

Noun

tunga m, f

1. definite feminine singular of tunge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tunga f

1. singular definite of tunge
2. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by tunge

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

tunga f

1. tongue

Declension

Descendants

• Dutch: tong

Old High German

Noun

tunga ?

1. dung

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Old Saxon, Old Dutch tunga, Old English and Old Frisian tunga, Old High German zunga, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 ‎(tuggō).

Noun

tunga f (genitive tungu, plural tungur)

1. tongue

Declension

Descendants

• Danish: tunge
• Faroese: tunga
• Icelandic: tunga
• Norwegian: tunge
• Swedish: tunga

References

• tunga in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Old English tunge, Old Frisian tunge, Old Dutch tunga, Old High German zunga, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 ‎(tuggō) and Old Norse tunga (Icelandic tunga ‎(“tongue”)).

Noun

tunga f

1. tongue
2. language

Declension

Descendants

• New Saxon (Low Saxon, Low German): Tung

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ.

Noun

tunga f

1. tongue
2. speech, language

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: tunga

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tunga, from Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɵŋˌa/

Adjective

tunga

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of tung.

Noun

tunga c

1. a tongue (organ)

   hålla tungan rätt i mun

   carefully keep the balance

2. a tongue (flap in a shoe)
3. a language, speech

   tala i tungor

   speak in tongues

   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)

4. (archaic) weight (how heavy something is, from the adjective tung = heavy)
   1. a weight (for measuring weight with scales)

      Tyskland var då tungan på den europeiska jämviktens vågskål

      Germany was then the weight in the pan of the European balance

   2. a burden, a trouble
   3. a duty, something one is forced to do or pay

Declension

Synonyms

• 2. plös
• 4. tyngd
• 4.2 börda