different between tung vs tuns

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
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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

Noun

tuns

1. plural of tun

Verb

tuns

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tun

Anagrams

• NUTS, Unst, nuts, stun, tsun

Danish

Noun

tuns n

1. indefinite genitive singular of tun
2. indefinite genitive plural of tun

Noun

tuns c

1. indefinite genitive singular of tun
2. indefinite genitive plural of tun

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of tunde, possibly corresponding to Latin t?nsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuns/

Adjective

tuns m or n (feminine singular tuns?, masculine plural tun?i, feminine and neuter plural tunse)

1. past participle of tunde - cropped, trimmed, clipped, shorn
2. short-haired

Declension

Noun

tuns n (plural tunsuri)

1. crop, cropping, trim, trimming, clipping
2. haircut, hair-cutting

Declension

Derived terms

• tunsoare
• tunsur?
• tuns scurt