different between tung vs ting

English

Alternative forms

• tongue

Etymology 1

From Middle English tung, from Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *tung?, from Proto-Germanic *tung? (“tongue”); along with Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga, from Proto-Indo-European *dn???wéh?s.

Noun

tung (plural tungs)

1. Obsolete spelling of tongue

Usage notes

May be used by advocates of English spelling reform.

References

• Webster's 1828 Dictionary, tung
• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1387, tung, tungd

Etymology 2

From Chinese ? (tóng).

Noun

tung (plural tungs)

1. A tung tree.

Derived terms

• tung oil

Translations

Anagrams

• GUNT, Gunt, gunt

Albanian

Etymology

Shortened from tungjatjeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu?(?)/

Interjection

tung

1. (informal) hi, hello
2. (informal) good bye

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz, from *teng?- (“to pull back, be heavy”), cf. Lithuanian tingùs (“heavy”), Russian ??????? (tjážkij, “hard”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t????]

Adjective

tung (neuter tungt, plural and definite singular attributive tunge)

1. heavy

Inflection

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tong, tonge, tunge

Etymology

From Old English tunge (“tongue, language”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tun?/, [tu??]

Noun

tung (plural tunges or tungen)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. A tongue-shaped thing.
3. language, speech, wording
   • c. 1225, Dialogue on Vices and Virtues:

Synonyms

• (language): langage
• (language): speche
• (language): thede
• (language): leden, lede

Derived terms

• houndestonge

Descendants

• English: tongue
• Scots: tung, tong, tongue

References

• “t?ng(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.

Adjective

tung (neuter singular tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre or tungere, indefinite superlative tyngst or tungest, definite superlative tyngste or tungeste)

1. heavy

Derived terms

References

• “tung” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

tung (masculine and feminine tung, neuter tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre, indefinite superlative tyngst, definite superlative tyngste)

1. heavy

   Ryggsekken verkar berre tyngre og tyngre.

   The rucksack just feels heavier and heavier.

2. hard, difficult

   Dette var ei tung tid for dei.

   This was a difficult time for them.

3. tired, unwell

   Eg kjenner meg tung i kroppen.

   My body feels tired.

Derived terms

• topptung
• tungindustri
• tungtvatn, tungvatn
• tungvekt

References

• “tung” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dungij?. Cognate with Old English dung, Icelandic dyngja

Noun

tung m

1. a barn covered with dung
2. an underground cellar

Scots

Etymology

From Old English tunge

Noun

tung (plural tungs)

1. (anatomy) tongue

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??/

Adjective

tung (comparative tyngre, superlative tyngst)

1. heavy; a physical body of great weight
2. heavy, arduous

   Det var ett tungt arbete

   It was heavy work

3. important

   Hon spelar en tung roll i stiftelsen

   She plays an important role in the foundation

Declension

Usage notes

The comparative tungare, superlative attribute tungaste and superlative predicative tungast are nonstandard.

Anagrams

• ungt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [t?w??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [t?w??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [t?w??m??]

Verb

tung

1. to toss, to throw

Derived terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

ting

1. Used to represent the sound of a small bell.
   • 1839, Charles Dickens, "The Private Theatricals", in Sketches by Boz

     Ting, ting, ting! went the bell again. Everybody sat down; the curtain shook, rose sufficiently high to display several pair of yellow boots paddling about, and there it remained.

Noun

ting (plural tings)

1. The sound made when a small bell is struck.

Translations

Verb

ting (third-person singular simple present tings, present participle tinging, simple past and past participle tinged)

1. To make a high sharp sound like a small bell being struck.

Translations

See also

• ding
• ding dong
• tintinnabulation

Etymology 2

From Chinese ? (d?ng).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Alternative forms

• ding

Noun

ting (plural tings or tings)

1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
2. The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.

Etymology 3

From English thing.

Noun

ting (plural tings)

1. (Caribbean creoles, MLE) Thing, person.

Derived terms

• peng ting

Anagrams

• GTIN, gnit

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þing n (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?, cognate with Icelandic þing (“assembly, parliament”), Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål ting (“thing”), English thing, Dutch ding, German Ding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ten??/, [?t?e??]
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun 1

ting c (singular definite tingen, plural indefinite ting)

1. thing (an individual object)

Inflection

Derived terms

• alting (“everything”)
• ingenting (“nothing”)
• tingslig (“regarding things”)

Noun 2

ting n (singular definite tinget, plural indefinite ting)

1. assembly, parliament (a judicial or legislative assembly)

Inflection

Derived terms

• alting (“Icelandic parliament”)
• folketing (“parliament”) (Folketinget (“Danish parliament”))
• landsting (“regional parliament”) (Landstinget (“Greenlandic parliament”))
• på tinge (“in parliament”)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.

Noun

ting n (genitive singular tings, plural ting)

1. parliament
2. thing

Declension

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t??]
• Hyphenation: ting

Noun

ting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)

1. The sound made when a small bell is struck.

Etymology 2

From Sinitic ??? (Min Nan teng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t??]
• Hyphenation: ting

Noun

ting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)

1. lantern.

   Synonyms: lentera, tanglung

Further reading

• “ting” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Mandarin

Romanization

ting

1. Nonstandard spelling of t?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tíng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of t?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tìng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English thing.

Noun

ting

1. thing

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.

Noun

ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)

1. a thing

Derived terms

Noun

ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)

1. court, assembly

References

• “ting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?. Doublet of dings and tingest. Akin to English thing.

Noun

ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

1. a thing
2. an issue

Synonyms

• (an object): gjenstand, greie, sak
• (an issue): sak

Derived terms

Related terms

• tinga, tinge

Noun

ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

1. court, assembly

Derived terms

Noun

ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

1. a living thing

   Synonym: kvikende

Derived terms

• armodsting
• uting

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ting

1. imperative of tinga and tinge

References

• “ting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• gint, gnit

Old Tupi

Adjective

ting

1. white

References

• NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þing, from Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.

Pronunciation

Noun

ting n

1. a thing, an individual object

   Synonym: sak

2. a thing, a court of law; a judicial or legislative assembly

Declension

Related terms

See also

• tinga

References

• ting in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• tingting

Etymology

From English think.

Verb

ting

1. think

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i??/, /t??????/

  Rhymes: -í??

Noun

ting n (definite tingjä)

1. court session
2. (indeclinable) thing

Derived terms

• tingeli
• tingt

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þinga, from Proto-Germanic *þing?n?. Confer tingt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²t?i??/, /²t??????/

  Rhymes: -ì??

Verb

ting (preterite tingä)

1. to order (goods)