tunga

Adjective

tunga

1. half

Noun

tunga

1. (geometry) the center of a circle
2. (geometry) the center of a sphere
3. the middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges
4. (geometry) the point on a line that is midway between the ends
5. (geometry) the point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume)

Verb

tunga

1. to split into halves
2. to increase to halfway point
3. to show up

Etymology

From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰʊŋka/

Noun

tunga f (genitive singular tungu, plural tungur)

1. tongue (organ)
2. mother tongue, language
3. tongue of land in a stream
4. the tongue of a shoe
5. lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)

Etymology

From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰuŋka/
• Rhymes: -uŋka

Noun

tunga f (genitive singular tungu, nominative plural tungur)

1. (anatomy) a tongue
2. language
3. the tongue of a shoe

Alternative forms

• tuŋá, tugá

Noun

tunga

1. water
   • 2010, Ergativity in Amazonia →ISBN:

     tunga heke leha ate-lü-ko leha

     water ERG CMPL surround-PNCT-PL CMPL

     'the water surrounded them'

   • 2012, Languages of the Amazon →ISBN:

     tuŋá-héke létʃa ate-lə-ko léha

     water-ERG AP 3-encircle-PUNCTUAL-PL ASP

     'The water encircled them.'

Alternative forms

• tungen

Noun

tunga m, f

1. definite feminine singular of tunge

Noun

tunga f

1. singular definite of tunge
2. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by tunge

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

tunga f

1. tongue

Noun

tunga ?

1. dung

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

tunga f (genitive tungu, plural tungur)

1. tongue

References

• tunga in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Alternative forms

• tunge,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

tunga f

1. tongue
2. language

Etymology

From Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ.

Noun

tunga f

1. tongue
2. speech, language

Etymology

From Old Swedish tunga, from Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtɵŋˌa/

Adjective

tunga

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of tung.

Noun

tunga c

1. a tongue (organ)

   hålla tungan rätt i mun

   carefully keep the balance

2. a tongue (flap in a shoe)
3. a language, speech

   tala i tungor

   speak in tongues

   De skatter som förvärvas genom falsk tunga, de äro en försvinnande dunst och hasta till döden.

   The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. (Proverbs 21:6)

4. (archaic) weight (how heavy something is, from the adjective tung = heavy)
   1. a weight (for measuring weight with scales)

      Tyskland var då tungan på den europeiska jämviktens vågskål

      Germany was then the weight in the pan of the European balance

   2. a burden, a trouble
   3. a duty, something one is forced to do or pay