tongue

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
2. This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).
3. Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
4. A language.
5. (obsolete) Speakers of a language, collectively.
6. (obsolete) Voice (the distinctive sound of a person's speech); accent (distinctive manner of pronouncing a language).
7. Manner of speaking, often habitually.
8. A person speaking in a specified manner.
9. The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
10. (obsolete) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
11. (obsolete) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
12. (obsolete) Honourable discourse; eulogy.
13. Glossolalia.
14. In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
15. Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
16. A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
17. A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
18. The pole of a towed or drawn vehicle or farm implement (e.g., trailer, cart, plow, harrow), by which it is pulled; for example, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
19. The clapper of a bell.
20. An individual point of flame from a fire.
21. A small sole (type of fish).
22. A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
23. A reed.
24. A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.

Verb

1. On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
2. (slang) To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex; to perform cunnilingus or anilingus on.
3. To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
4. To join by means of a tongue and groove.
5. (obsolete) To talk; to prate.
6. (obsolete) To speak; to utter.
7. (obsolete) To chide; to scold.

Concepten

tong

👅

taal

spraak

tuN

linguistische communicatie

talige communicatie

natuurlijke taal

toN

Synoniemen

language

clapper

🎬

speech

glossa

lingua

nose

👃

voice

natural language

eye

👁️

knife

🔪

ear

👂

skin

jet

namely

spit

words

word

parlance

ledge

ligule

lingo

lip

lug

mane

mouth

mouth disease

nappe

of

offshoot

penis

pin

plaice

pole

projection

proud

quarreling

quarrelling

rabbet

reed

salience

sally

senses

sick

🤢

snap

spout

spur

sting

string

🪢

talk

🗣️

talking

tang

tenon

tone

usage

utterance

vernacular

whip

curtain lecture

talking recklessly

cuppy

lapper

crack

menstruation

ice tongue

organ of taste

clappet

of a bell

linguistic communication

flame body

Mandarin

🍊

one's

a

a

accent

apophysis

barb

bulging

clack

clacker

click

cog

dialect

eloquence

fingers

flare

Forro

give

idiom

jut

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tʌŋ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: tonge

Overgenomen van Oudengels: tunge

Verwant aan Fries: tonge

Verwant aan Nederlands: tong

Verwant aan Luxemburgs: Zong

Verwant aan Duits: Zunge

Verwant aan Jiddisch: צונג

Verwant aan Deens: tunge

Verwant aan Noors - Bokmål: tunge

Verwant aan Zweeds: tunga

Verwant aan Gothisch: 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉

Verwant aan Oudiers: tengae

Verwant aan Latijn: lingua

Verwant aan Tokharian A: käntu

Verwant aan Tokharian B: kantwo

Verwant aan Litouws: liežùvis

Verwant aan Russisch: язык

Verwant aan Pools: język

Verwant aan Classical Armenian: լեզու

Verwant aan Avestisch: 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁

Verwant aan Zaza: Zon

Verwant aan Ashkun: žū

Verwant aan Kati: dić

Verwant aan Sanskriet: जिह्वा

In summary

From Middle English tonge, tunge, tung, from Old English tunge, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”) (compare West Frisian tonge, Dutch tong, Luxembourgish Zong, German Zunge, Yiddish צונג (tsung), Danish tunge, Norwegian Bokmål tunge, Swedish tunga, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Cognate with Old Irish tengae, Latin lingua, Tocharian A käntu, Tocharian B kantwo, Lithuanian liežùvis, Russian язык (jazyk), Polish język, Old Armenian լեզու (lezu), Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 (hizuuā), Zazaki Zon, Ashkun žū, Kamkata-viri dić, Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́). Doublet of language and lingua.