tong

Concepts

tongue

👅

sole

language

Forro

lemon

🍋

natural language

speech

vernacular

voice

common sole

linguistic communication

Mandarin

🍊

tongue

👅

buckle pin

flounder

Synonyms

taal

mond

spraak

klepel

🎬

zeetong

natuurlijke taal

linguistische communicatie

talige communicatie

tongetje

Translations

Zunge

👅

lengua

👅

língua

👅

langue

👅

lingua

👅

γλώσσα

dil

lingua

👅

ziman

Seezunge

llengua

👅

sole

lenga

لسان

👅

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɔŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: tonge

Inherited from Old Dutch: tunga

In summary

From Middle Dutch tonge, from Old Dutch tunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. The sense "Solea solea" likely refers to these flat fish' resemblance to a tongue.