"tunga" meaning in Old Norse

See tunga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*tungǭ}} Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, {{inh|non|ine-pro|*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s}} Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Head templates: {{head|non|noun|genitive|tungu|or|||{{{datacc}}}||{{{dative}}}|plural|tungur|or|||{{{ap}}}|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} tunga f (genitive tungu, plural tungur), {{non-noun|f|tungu|tungur}} tunga f (genitive tungu, plural tungur) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-f-on|tung|tung}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=tungurnar|api=tungur|asd=tunguna|asi=tungu|dpd=tungunum|dpi=tungum|dsd=tungunni|dsi=tungu|g=feminine|gpd=tungnanna|gpi=tungna|gsd=tungunnar|gsi=tungu|notes=|npd=tungurnar|npi=tungur|nsd=tungan|nsi=tunga|stem=weak ōn-stem|title=tunga}}, {{non-decl-cell|tunga|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungan|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungur|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungurnar|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungu|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|tunguna|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungur|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungurnar|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungu|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungunni|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungu|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungunnar|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungna|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|tungnanna|gpd}} Forms: tungu [genitive], tungur [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], tunga [indefinite, nominative, singular], tungan [definite, nominative, singular], tungur [indefinite, nominative, plural], tungurnar [definite, nominative, plural], tungu [accusative, indefinite, singular], tunguna [accusative, definite, singular], tungur [accusative, indefinite, plural], tungurnar [accusative, definite, plural], tungu [dative, indefinite, singular], tungunni [dative, definite, singular], tungum [dative, indefinite, plural], tungunum [dative, definite, plural], tungu [genitive, indefinite, singular], tungunnar [definite, genitive, singular], tungna [genitive, indefinite, plural], tungnanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. tongue Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tunga-non-noun-snFSEtk5 Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50
  2. language Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tunga-non-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "tunga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "tunga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norn",
      "lang_code": "nrn",
      "word": "tunga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Elfdalian",
      "lang_code": "ovd",
      "word": "tungga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "word": "tunge"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "tunga"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "tunga"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "word": "tunge"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Danish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-oda",
      "word": "tungæ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gutnish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-gut",
      "word": "tungge"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gutnish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-gut",
      "word": "tunggå"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gutnish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-gut",
      "word": "tungga"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tungǭ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tungǭ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tungu",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungur",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-f-on",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tunga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tunguna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "{{{dative}}}",
        "11": "plural",
        "12": "tungur",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{ap}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "tungu",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{datacc}}}",
        "9": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tunga f (genitive tungu, plural tungur)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "tungu",
        "3": "tungur"
      },
      "expansion": "tunga f (genitive tungu, plural tungur)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tung",
        "2": "tung"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-f-on"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "tungurnar",
        "api": "tungur",
        "asd": "tunguna",
        "asi": "tungu",
        "dpd": "tungunum",
        "dpi": "tungum",
        "dsd": "tungunni",
        "dsi": "tungu",
        "g": "feminine",
        "gpd": "tungnanna",
        "gpi": "tungna",
        "gsd": "tungunnar",
        "gsi": "tungu",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "tungurnar",
        "npi": "tungur",
        "nsd": "tungan",
        "nsi": "tunga",
        "stem": "weak ōn-stem",
        "title": "tunga"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tunga",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungan",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungur",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungurnar",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungu",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tunguna",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungur",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungurnar",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungu",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungunni",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungu",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungunnar",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungna",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungnanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "non:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tongue"
      ],
      "id": "en-tunga-non-noun-snFSEtk5",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
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          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tunga"
}
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    "Old Norse feminine nouns",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse ōn-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 18 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "non:Anatomy"
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "tunga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "tunga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norn",
      "lang_code": "nrn",
      "word": "tunga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Elfdalian",
      "lang_code": "ovd",
      "word": "tungga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "word": "tunge"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "tunga"
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "tunga"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "word": "tunge"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmq-oda",
      "word": "tungæ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gutnish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-gut",
      "word": "tungge"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gutnish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-gut",
      "word": "tunggå"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gutnish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-gut",
      "word": "tungga"
    }
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    },
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.",
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    {
      "form": "tungu",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungur",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-f-on",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tunga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tunguna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tungnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "16": "{{{ap}}}",
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        "4": "tungu",
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        "7": "",
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        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
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      },
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        "dpd": "tungunum",
        "dpi": "tungum",
        "dsd": "tungunni",
        "dsi": "tungu",
        "g": "feminine",
        "gpd": "tungnanna",
        "gpi": "tungna",
        "gsd": "tungunnar",
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        "notes": "",
        "npd": "tungurnar",
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        "1": "tungan",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "tungur",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "tungurnar",
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      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungu",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tunguna",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungur",
        "2": "api"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungurnar",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungu",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungunni",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungu",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungunnar",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungna",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tungnanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tongue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tunga"
}

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