tunga

See also: Tunga, tũnga, and tūnga

Cebuano

Adjective

tunga

  1. half

Noun

tunga

  1. (geometry) the center of a circle
  2. (geometry) the center of a sphere
  3. the middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges
  4. (geometry) the point on a line that is midway between the ends
  5. (geometry) the point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume)

Verb

tunga

  1. to split into halves
  2. to increase to halfway point
  3. to show up

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰʊŋka/

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
Declension of tunga
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tunga tungan tungur tungurnar
accusative tungu tunguna tungur tungurnar
dative tungu tunguni tungum tungunum
genitive tungu tungunnar tunga tunganna

Icelandic

Etymology

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

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
declension of tunga
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tunga tungan tungur tungurnar
accusative tungu tunguna tungur tungurnar
dative tungu tungunni tungum tungunum
genitive tungu tungunnar tungna tungnanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Kuikúro

Alternative forms

Noun

tunga

  1. water
    • 2010, Ergativity in Amazonia →ISBN:
      tunga heke leha ate-lü-ko leha
      water ERG CMPL surround-PNCT-PL CMPL
      'the water surrounded them'
    • 2012, Languages of the Amazon →ISBN:
      tuŋá-héke létʃa ate-lə-ko léha
      water-ERG AP 3-encircle-PUNCTUAL-PL ASP
      'The water encircled them.'

Lingala

Verb

-tunga (infinitive kotunga)

  1. to thin, become thinner, to slim

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

tunga m or 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

Inflection
Declension of tunga
Singular Plural
nominative tunga tungon
accusative tungon tungon
genitive tungon tungno
dative tungon tungon

Descendants

Further reading
  • “tunga”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Noun

tunga ?

  1. dung

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

tunga f (genitive tungu, plural tungur)

  1. tongue

Declension
  Declension of tunga (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tunga tungan tungur tungurnar
accusative tungu tunguna tungur tungurnar
dative tungu tungunni tungum tungunum
genitive tungu tungunnar tungna tungnanna

Descendants

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

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

tunga f

  1. tongue
  2. language

Declension
Declension of tunga (feminine n-stem)
singular plural
nominative tunga tungun, tungan, tungon
accusative tungun, tungan, tungon tungun, tungan, tungon
genitive tungun, tungan, tungon tungono
dative tungun, tungan, tungon tungun, tungan, tungon
instrumental — —


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
Declension of tunga (on-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tunga tungan tungu(r), -o(r) tunguna(r), -ona(r)
accusative tungu, -o tunguna, -ona tungu(r), -o(r) tunguna(r), -ona(r)
dative tungu, -o tungunni, -onne tungum, -om tungumin, -omen
genitive tungu, -o tungunna(r), -onna(r) tunga tunganna

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)
  • 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
Declension of tunga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tunga tungan tungor tungorna
Genitive tungas tungans tungors tungornas

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