# tung
## English
### Alternative forms

* tongue

### Etymology 1

From Middle English tonge, from Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”); along with Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

#### Noun

tung (plural tungs)
* Obsolete spelling of tongue. both as language and as part of the body
** 1557 July 16, John Cheke, “"Inkhorn" terms: Sir John Cheke”, in Univ of Victoria, Canada‎, retrieved 2012-09-29:I am of this opinion that our own tung shold be written cleane and pure, unmixt and unmangeled with borowing of other tunges, …
** 1790, Noah Webster, “The Founders' Constitution Vol 1, Chap 15, Doc 44”, in Univ. of Chicago‎, retrieved 2012-09-29:… ever exposed to their envy, and the tung of slander …
** 1832, Noah Webster, Edmund Henry Barker, A Dictionary of the English Language‎, Digitized edition, Black and Young, published 2010, page 542:Our common orthography is incorrect; the true spelling is tung.
** 1848, Jonathan Morgan, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ‎, Digitized edition, SH Colesworthy, published 2008, page 215:… words to be spoken with the understanding, that I may teach others also, than myriads of words, in a tung. ... In the law, it hath been written, That, with other tungs and other lips I will speak to this people, and then they will not hear ...
** 1872, Hugh Rowley, Sage stuffing for green goslings; or, Saws for the goose and saws‎, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 159:If they've got anything to say which they want you to hear, let 'em say it out; if not, hold their tungs.
** 2002 Fall, Richard Whelan, quoting Melvil Dewey, “The American Spelling Reform Movement”, in Verbatim, The Language Quarterly‎, volume XXVII, number 4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:English has strength, simplicity, conciseness, capacity for taking words freely from other tungs, and best of all has the greatest literature the world has yet produced.

##### 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 桐 (tóng).

#### Noun

tung (plural tungs)
* A tung tree.

##### Derived terms

* tung oil, tung oil tree

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* GUNT, Gunt, gunt

## Albanian
### Etymology

Shortened from tungjatjeta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuŋ(ɡ)/

### Interjection

tung
* (informal) hi, hello
* (informal) good bye

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtˢɔŋˀ]

### Adjective

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

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

## Middle English
### Noun

tung
* Alternative form of tonge (“tongue”)

## 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)
* heavy

#### Derived terms

* topptung
* tungindustri
* tungrodd
* tungtvann
* tungtveiende
* tungvekt

### References

* “tung” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʊŋː/

### Adjective

tung (masculine and feminine tung, neuter tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre, indefinite superlative tyngst, definite superlative tyngste)
* heavy
    Ryggsekken verkar berre tyngre og tyngre.The rucksack just feels heavier and heavier.
* hard, difficult
    Dette var ei tung tid for dei.This was a difficult time for them.
* 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
### Alternative forms

* tunc

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dung (“cellar”).

### Noun

tung m
* a barn covered with dung
* an underground cellar

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: tunc
** German: Tunk

## Rawang
### Noun

tung
* jail

## Scots
### Etymology

From Old English tunge.

### Noun

tung (plural tungs)
* (anatomy) tongue

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɵŋ/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

tung (comparative tyngre, superlative tyngst)
* heavy (having great weight)
    Den här stenen är jättetungThis rock is really heavy
* heavy, arduous
    Det var tungt arbeteIt was heavy work
* important, major
    Hon spelar en tung roll i stiftelsenShe plays an important role in the foundation
* (slang) phat
    ett tungt beata phat beat

#### Usage notes

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

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### References

* tung in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tung in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* tung in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* ungt

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 縱.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

### Verb

tung
* to toss, to throw

#### See also

* tung hứng
* tứ tung