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tunga.

a tongue (organ)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²tɵŋa/[²t̪ʰɵŋa]

  1. a tongue (organ)

    common-gender

  2. a tongue (flap in a shoe)

    common-gender

  3. a language, speech

    common-gender
    De skatter som förvärvas genom falsk tunga, de äro en försvinnande dunst och hasta till döden.
Where this word comes from

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

noun/²tɵŋa/[²t̪ʰɵŋa]

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

    archaic · common-gender

  2. weight (how heavy something is, from the adjective tung = heavy) a burden, a trouble

    archaic · common-gender

  3. weight (how heavy something is, from the adjective tung = heavy) a duty, something one is forced to do or pay

    archaic · common-gender
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