different between bony vs lingula

English

Alternative forms

• boney

Etymology

From Middle English bony, equivalent to bone +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bo?ni/
• Rhymes: -??ni

Adjective

bony (comparative bonier, superlative boniest)

1. resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
2. full of bones
3. with little flesh; skinny, thin
4. having prominent bones

Translations

Anagrams

• NOYB

Catalan

Etymology

Unknown. Probably of pre-Roman origin.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?bo?/

Noun

bony m (plural bonys)

1. bulk, lump, bump

Derived terms

• bonyegut
• bunyol

Further reading

• “bony” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lingula (“small tongue”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???j?l?/

Noun

lingula (plural lingulae)

1. (anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
2. (anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.

Related terms

• lingular
• linguliform

Anagrams

• lingual

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lingula.

Noun

lingula f (plural lingule)

1. (anatomy) lingula
2. ancient roman leaf-shaped sword

Latin

Etymology

lingua +? -ula, possibly influenced by ling?.

Alternative forms

• ligula

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lin.?u.la/, [?l??????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lin.?u.la/, [?li??ul?]

Noun

lingula f (genitive lingulae); first declension

1. Diminutive of lingua
2. tongue of land
3. The tongue of a shoe, a shoe-strap, shoe-latchet
4. A spoon or ladle for skimming a pot, a skimmer
5. A small sword
6. The tongue or reed of a flute
7. The pointed end of a post or stake, which was inserted into something
8. The short arm of a lever
9. The tongue-shaped extremity of a water-pipe
10. The tongue of a scale-beam
11. A tongue-shaped member of the cuttle-fish

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• lingul?tus

Descendants

• Aromanian: lingurã
• ? English: lingula
• ? Italian: lingula
• Romanian: lingur?

References

• lingula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lingula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lingula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lingula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lingula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers