tungol
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tu‧ngol
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English tungol see below
Noun
tungol (plural tunglen)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- tungolcraft - astronomy
- tungolwitien - the Magi
References
- “tungol, (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tunglą (“heavenly body, star, orb”), from Proto-Indo-European *denǵʰ- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German zungal, Old Saxon tungal, Old Norse tungl (Swedish tungel (“moon”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtunɡol/, [ˈtuŋɡol]
Noun
tungol n (nominative plural tunglu)
- celestial body, heavenly body; planet
- Se mōna is ealra tungla nyþemest.
- The moon is the closest of all heavenly bodies.
- star
- constellation
- Under ðām circule yrnð sēo sunne and se mōna and ðā twelf tunglena tācna.
- Around the circle (of the zodiac) run the sun, the moon, and the twelve constellation signs.
Declension
Declension of tungol (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | tungol | tunglu |
accusative | tungol | tunglu |
genitive | tungles | tungla |
dative | tungle | tunglum |
Synonyms
- (star): steorra
Related terms
- tungolcræft (“astronomy”)
- tungolæ (“astronomy”)
- tungolcræftwīse (“astronomy”)
- tungolġescēad (“astrology”)
Descendants
- Middle English: tungol
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