tong in Norwegian Nynorsk

Forms: tonga [definite, singular], tenger [indefinite, plural], tengene [definite, plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Norse tǫng. Etymology templates: {{der|nn|non|tǫng}} Old Norse tǫng Head templates: {{nn-noun-f1||teng}} tong f (definite singular tonga, indefinite plural tenger, definite plural tengene)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "tǫng"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse tǫng.",
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    {
      "form": "tonga",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenger",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tengene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "teng"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "eldtong"
        },
        {
          "word": "knipetong"
        },
        {
          "word": "smietong"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pliers, pincers"
      ],
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          "pliers"
        ],
        [
          "pincers",
          "pincers"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "a pair of",
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        "(a pair of) pliers, pincers"
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Bokmål"
          ],
          "word": "tang"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "eldtong"
    },
    {
      "word": "knipetong"
    },
    {
      "word": "smietong"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "tǫng"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse tǫng",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse tǫng.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tonga",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenger",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tengene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "",
        "2": "teng"
      },
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    }
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        "Bokmål"
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    }
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        "Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Pages with 17 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "nn:Tools"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pliers, pincers"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
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          "pincers",
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        "feminine"
      ]
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}

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"tong" meaning in Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Inflected forms