tung.
A tung tree.
Meaning & usage
A tung tree.
Where this word comes from
From Chinese 桐 (tóng).
Obsolete spelling of tongue, both as language and as part of the body.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tonge, from Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”); along with Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.