Contionary:tunge

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SamSkandinavisk

Etymology

ON tunga f. PG *tungōn f. PIE *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

Compare Danish/Norwegian tunge; Swedish/Icelandic/Faeroese tunga

Pronunciation

(SamSkandinavisk) IPA: /ˈˈtʊ̌ŋːə/ File:Samska tunge.ogg

Noun

Common Gender

  1. tongue
  2. sole (fish)
  3. pointer (for eg scales)
  4. reed (woodwind musical instument)

Inflection

Singular Plural
Common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tunge tungen tunger tungerne
Genitive tunges tungens tungers tungerns

Derived terms

tungemål

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk tunge, from Old Skundavisk tungō, from Halmisk ᛏᚢᛝᚷᛟ (tungō), from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ.

Pronunciation

Noun

tunge f. (class 4b, genitive tungen, plural tungen)

  1. tongue
    Teek mir thijne tunge.
    Show me your tongue.

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