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lingua.

tongue

6 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈliŋɡwa/[ˈliŋ.ɡwɐ]/ˈliŋɡwa/standard[ˈliŋ.ɡwɐ]standard

  1. tongue

    feminine
    botar a lingua a pacer

  2. language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)

    countable · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Old Galician-Portuguese lingua Galician lingua Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lingua (“tongue, language”), from Latin lingua. Compare Portuguese língua.

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