tung

See also: Tung and từng

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle English tung, from Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”). Liken Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

Noun

tung (plural tungs)

  1. Obsolete spelling of tongue
    • 1557 July 16, John Cheke, “"Inkhorn" terms: Sir John Cheke”, in Univ of Victoria, Canada‎, retrieved 2012-09-29:
      I am of this opinion that our own tung shold be written cleane and pure, unmixt and unmangeled with borowing of other tunges, …
    • 1790, Noah Webster, “The Founders' Constitution Vol 1, Chap 15, Doc 44”, in Univ. of Chicago‎, retrieved 2012-09-29:
      … ever exposed to their envy, and the tung of slander …
    • 1832, Noah Webster, Edmund Henry Barker, A Dictionary of the English Language‎, Digitized edition, Black and Young, published 2010, page 542:
      Our common orthography is incorrect; the true spelling is tung.
    • 1848, Jonathan Morgan, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ‎, Digitized edition, SH Colesworthy, published 2008, page 215:
      … words to be spoken with the understanding, that I may teach others also, than myriads of words, in a tung. ... In the law, it hath been written, That, with other tungs and other lips I will speak to this people, and then they will not hear ...
    • 1872, Hugh Rowley, Sage stuffing for green goslings; or, Saws for the goose and saws‎, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 159:
      If they've got anything to say which they want you to hear, let 'em say it out; if not, hold their tungs.
    • 2002 Fall, Richard Whelan, quoting Melvil Dewey, “The American Spelling Reform Movement”, in Verbatim, The Language Quarterly‎, volume XXVII, number 4, ISSN 0162–0932 Invalid ISSN, OCLC 265962060, page 5:
      English has strength, simplicity, conciseness, capacity for taking words freely from other tungs, and best of all has the greatest literature the world has yet produced.
References
  • Webster's 1828 Dictionary, tung
  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1387, tung, tungd

Etymology 2

From Chinese 桐 (tóng).

Noun

tung (plural tungs)

  1. A tung tree.
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Albanian

Etymology

Shortened from tungjatjeta.

Pronunciation

/'tung/ or /'tʊng/

Interjection

tung

  1. (informal) hi

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔnɡ/, [tˢɔŋˀ]

Adjective

tung

  1. heavy

Inflection

Inflection of tung
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular tung tungere tungest2
Neuter singular tungt tungere tungest2
Plural tunge tungere tungest2
Definite attributive1 tunge tungere tungeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tunɡ/, [tuŋɡ]

Noun

tung (plural tunges or tungen)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. A tongue-shaped thing.
  3. language, speech
    • c. 1225, Dialogue on Vices and Virtues:
      he ðe is godes wisdom, ðurh hwam bieð alle wittes and ælle wisdomes and alle tungen spekinde, he lai alswa ðat child ðe nan god ne cann, ne speken ne mai, ne isien, ne him seluen wealden, ðurh hwam alle earen ȝehiereð, and alle menn hem seluen welden, and alle eiȝene isieð.
      He that is God’s wisdom, through whom be all wits and all wisdoms and all speaking languages, he lay as the child that knows no good, nor can speak, nor see, nor control himself, through whom all ears hear, and all men control themselves, and all eyes see.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.

Adjective

tung (neuter singular tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre or tungere, indefinite superlative tyngst or tungest, definite superlative tyngste or tungeste)

  1. heavy

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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þungr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʊŋː/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

tung (masculine and feminine tung, neuter tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre, indefinite superlative tyngst, definite superlative tyngste)

  1. heavy
    Ryggsekken verkar berre tyngre og tyngre.
    The rucksack just feels heavier and heavier.
  2. hard, difficult
    Dette var ei tung tid for dei.
    This was a difficult time for them.
  3. tired, unwell
    Eg kjenner meg tung i kroppen.
    My body feels tired.

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Old High German

Etymology

Cognate with Old English dung, Icelandic dyngja

Noun

tung m

  1. a barn covered with dung
  2. an underground cellar

Scots

Noun

tung (plural tungs)

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɵŋ/
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Adjective

tung (comparative tyngre, superlative tyngst)

  1. heavy; a physical body of great weight
  2. important
    Hon spelar en tung roll i stiftelsen
    She plays an important role in the foundation

Declension

Inflection of tung
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tung tyngre tyngst
Neuter singular tungt tyngre tyngst
Plural tunga tyngre tyngst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tunge tyngre tyngste
All tunga tyngre tyngsta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

tung

  1. toss, throw

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