tongue
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
geography
geology
lifestyle
music
natural-sciences
nautical
religion
transport
Etymology: From Middle English tongue, a late spelling of tong(e), tung(e), from Old English tunge, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā (“tongue”), from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”). Cognate with Dutch tong (“tongue”), German Zunge (“tongue”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk tunge (“tongue”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish tunga (“tongue”), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō, “tongue”), Irish teanga (“tongue”), Asturian and Catalan llengua (“tongue”), Aragonese luenga (“tongue”), French langue (“tongue”), Galician, Italian, and Latin lingua (“tongue”), Leonese llingua (“tongue”), Mirandese lhéngua (“tongue”), Portuguese língua (“tongue”), Spanish lengua (“tongue”), Belarusian and Russian язык (jazyk, “tongue”), Bulgarian ези́к (ezík, “tongue”), Czech and Slovak jazyk (“tongue”), Macedonian јазик (jazik, “tongue”), Polish język (“tongue”), Serbo-Croatian jèzik (“tongue”), Slovene jézik (“tongue”), Ukrainian язи́к (jazýk, “tongue”), Persian زبان (zabân, “tongue”), Sanskrit जि॒ह्वा (jihvā́, “tongue”). Doublet of language and lingua.
The expected modern spelling, both phonetically and etymologically, would be tung. Using ⟨on⟩ for ⟨un⟩ was fairly common in Middle English; compare e.g. yong (“young”). The final ⟨gue⟩ arose to prevent tonge being misread with a soft /dʒ/. However, this spelling only became common at a time when the final ⟨e⟩ was already largely silent, so it is not clear why it was not simply dropped instead. Perhaps the spelling was influenced directly by French langue (“tongue”).
Inflected forms:
form: tongues
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tong
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tonge
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: toong
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: toongue
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: toung
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tounge
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: toungue
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tung
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tunge
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tongues
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tonguing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tongued
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tongued
pos: verb
tags: past
form: tong
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tonge
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: toong
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: toongue
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: toung
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tounge
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: toungue
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tung
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tunge
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But lering and lurking here and there like ſpies,
gloss: Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: cold tongue with mustard
However you eat them, tongue and chicken and new bread are very good things, and no one minds being sprinkled a little with soda-water on a really fine hot day.
gloss: Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A language.
pos: noun
tags: countable
metonymically
uncountable
examples: He was speaking in his native tongue.
[…] that great Towre, which is so much renownd
For tongues confusion in holie writ,
When I pointed to any thing, she told me the Name of it in her own Tongue, so that in a few Days I was able to call for whatever I had a mind to.
To dwell on a heath without studying its meanings was like wedding a foreigner without learning his tongue.
“You should read Spanish,” he said. “It is a noble tongue. […]”
If you do not speak English I am at your disposal with 187 other languages along with their various dialects and sub-tongues.
Many of them come from distant places and although they speak your tongue they are ignorant of your customs.
My grandfather, accustomed to the multifarious conjugations of ancient Greek verbs, had found English, for all its incoherence, a relatively simple tongue to master.
gloss: The speakers of a language, collectively.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
gloss: A voice, (the distinctive sound of a person's speech); accent (distinctive manner of pronouncing a language).
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Who are you? Tell me, for more certainty,
Albeit I’ll swear that I do know your tongue.
[...] one of [the prisoners], whom by his tongue I knew to be a Scotchman, lamented most piteously [...]
gloss: A manner of speaking, often habitually.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: She can have a sharp tongue when she's annoyed.
Al maters wel pondred and wel to be regarded,
How ſhuld a fals lying tung then be rewarded?
[...] his wicked way of Living, his prophane Tongue, and his Contempt of Religion, had made him not very well receiv’d [...]
"Well," said he, at last, "your tongue is bold; but I am no unfriend to plainness [...]"
I’m afraid I’ve inherited my uncle’s tongue and my mother’s want of tact.
Samuel had no equal for soothing hysteria and bringing quiet to a frightened child. It was the sweetness of his tongue and the tenderness of his soul.
[...] Frank Marcus’ Sister George, technically a quite ordinary comedy in the old style [...] was remarkable [...] for the frank tongue of its Lesbians [...]
gloss: A person speaking in a specified manner.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural-normally
uncountable
examples: I know that we must keep apart for a long while; cruel tongues would force us apart, if nothing else did.
[…] it was obvious to his listeners that Pittypat, in his mind, was still a plump and charming miss of sixteen who must be sheltered against evil tongues.
2007, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow, New York: Knopf Doubleday, Book 4, p. 592,
… the drunk, who had been a permanent fixture in that bar, changed location and thereafter moved from bar to bar, saying to inquisitive tongues, Too long a stay in one seat tires the buttocks.
gloss: The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I was so overwhelmed my tongue deserted me.
Parrots imitating Human Tongue
gloss: Discourse; the fluency of speech or expression.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
examples: [...] fellows, soldiers, friends,
Better consider what you have to do
Than I, that have not well the gift of tongue,
Can lift your blood up with persuasion.
Much Tongue, and much Judgment seldom go together, for Talking and Thinking are Two Quite Differing Faculties,
“[...] this Mr. Grandcourt has wonderful little tongue. Everything must be done dummy-like without his ordering.”
“Then he’s the more whip, I doubt,” said Mrs. Girdle. “She’s got tongue enough, I warrant her [...]”
gloss: Honorable discourse; eulogy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: She was born noble; let that title find her
A private grave, but neither tongue nor honour!
gloss: Glossolalia.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
often
uncountable
examples: Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
gloss: In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I caught a glimpse of a brown boot, the tongue flapping, the sole tied on with string.
[...] her low-heeled shoes had flat fringed tongues to them—the kind of shoes you expected to see on a golf-course, or a Scottish highland, somewhere expensively hearty like that.
gloss: Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance
gloss: A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: On one side was a coral reef; on the other a low tongue of land, covered with mangrove thickets that grew out into the water.
gloss: The pole of a towed or drawn vehicle or farm implement (e.g., trailer, cart, plow, harrow), by which it is pulled; for example, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Far to the right, where the main pile sloped out, his cart reared tongue upward, like a plow.
gloss: The clapper of a bell.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve:
[...] the bell clanged so loud that he could hear the iron tongue clapping against the metal sides each time it swung to and fro [...]
gloss: An individual point of flame from a fire.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: Then up a steep and dark and narrow stair
We wound, until the torches’ fiery tongue
Amid the gushing day beamless and pallid hung.
Now, in this decadent age the art of fire-making had been altogether forgotten on the earth. The red tongues that went licking up my heap of wood were an altogether new and strange thing to Weena.
gloss: A small sole (type of fish).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A reed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The middle protrusion of a triple-tailed flag.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.
gloss: To manipulate with the tongue.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: [T]he cattle tongued at the damp grass, licking rather than grazing. […]
gloss: To lick, penetrate or manipulate with the tongue during flirting or oral sex.
pos: verb
tags: slang
sometimes
transitive
vulgar
examples: Hot I tongued her. She kissed me. I was kissed. All yielding she tossed my hair. Kissed, she kissed me.
I was tonguing her ear and serenading her in a passionate whisper, mimicking Elvis, mimicking Joey.
I was tonguing her sweet spot. "Shit, that's nice." Her breaths got faster as we locked into a delicious rhythm that was hitting my clit just right.
gloss: To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
pos: verb
examples: a soil horizon that tongues into clay
gloss: To join by means of a tongue and groove.
pos: verb
examples: to tongue boards together
gloss: To talk; to prate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: To speak; to utter.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: ’Tis still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen
Tongue and brain not;
gloss: To chide; to scold.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: How might she tongue me!
Related words: 👅
gloss-
glossal
lingual
linguiform
linguo-
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: абз
roman: abz
lang: Afrikaans
word: tong
lang: Ahom
word: 𑜎𑜢𑜃𑜫
roman: lin
lang: Ainu
word: チャルンペ
roman: carunpe
lang: Ainu
word: パルンペ
roman: parunpe
lang: Akan
word: tɛkrɛma
lang: Aklanon
word: dila'
lang: Alawa
word: djeːjälŋ
lang: Albanian
word: gjuhë
lang: Albanian
word: gu
lang: Alviri-Vidari
word: زووان
roman: zuvān
lang: Ama
word: isauno
lang: Northern Amami Ōshima
word: 唇
roman: sïba
lang: Southern Amami Ōshima
word: 唇
roman: sïba
lang: Amharic
word: ልሳን
roman: ləsan
lang: Andi
word: мицӏцӏи
roman: miccʼi
lang: Ao
word: temeli
lang: Arabic
word: لِسَان
roman: lisān
lang: Chadian Arabic
word: لسان
roman: lisān
lang: Arabic
word: لسان
roman: lesān
lang: Arabic
word: لسان
roman: lsān
lang: Arabic
word: لسان
roman: lisān
lang: Iraqi Arabic
word: لسان
roman: lsān
lang: Arabic
word: لسان
roman: lsān
lang: Arabic
word: لسان
roman: lsān
lang: Aragonese
word: luenga
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ
roman: liššānā
lang: Aramaic
word: ܠܫܢܐ
roman: leššānā
lang: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
word: לִשָּׁנָא
roman: liššānā
lang: Archi
word: мац
roman: mac
lang: Arin
word: elep
lang: Armenian
word: լեզու
roman: lezu
lang: Aromanian
word: limbã (roa-rup)
lang: Eastern Arrernte
word: alenye
lang: Ashkun
word: žū
lang: Asi
word: rila
lang: Assamese
word: জিভা
roman: zibha
lang: Asturian
word: llingua
lang: Avar
word: мацӏ
roman: macʼ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dil
lang: Balantak
word: sila'
lang: Baluchi
word: زبان
roman: zaban
lang: Baluchi
word: زوان
roman: zawán
lang: Bamukumbit
word: alɨm
lang: Bangi
word: lolemu
lang: Bashkir
word: тел
roman: tel
lang: Basque
word: mihi
lang: Belarusian
word: язы́к
roman: jazýk
lang: Bella Coola
word: tixca
lang: Bemba
word: ululimi
lang: Bengali
word: জিভ
roman: jibh
lang: Bengali
word: জিহ্বা
roman: jiubha
lang: Bengali
word: জিব
roman: jibo
lang: Bengali
word: জবান
roman: joban
lang: Bezhta
word: миц
roman: mic
lang: Bhojpuri
word: जीभ
roman: jībh
lang: Big Nambas
word: nəm'
lang: Bouyei
word: linx
lang: Breton
word: teod
lang: Breton
word: teodoù
lang: Budukh
word: мез
roman: mez
lang: Buginese
word: lila
lang: Bulgarian
word: ези́к
roman: ezík
lang: Burmese
word: လျှာ
roman: hlya
lang: Buryat
word: хэлэн
roman: xelen
lang: Bwile
word: ululimi class 11
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: язы́к
roman: jazŷ́k
lang: Catalan
word: llengua
lang: Cebuano
word: dila
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⵉⵍⵙ
roman: ils
lang: Chamicuro
word: menu
lang: Chavacano
word: lenggwa
lang: Chechen
word: мотт
roman: mott
lang: Chepang
word: ले
lang: Chichewa
word: lilime
lang: Tedim Chin
word: leii
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 舌頭 /舌头
roman: sit⁶ tau⁴, sit³ tau⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 舌
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 脷
roman: lei⁶
lang: Chinese
word: шәту
roman: šətu
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 喙舌
roman: chói-siĕk / ché̤ṳ-siĕk
lang: Gan Chinese
word: 舌頭 /舌头
roman: set⁷ teu
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 舌嫲
roman: sa̍t-mà
lang: Chinese
word: 舌頭 /舌头
roman: chi̍h-thâu
lang: Chinese
word: 舌
roman: chi̍h
lang: Chinese
word: 喙舌
roman: chhùi-chi̍h
lang: Jin Chinese
word: 舌頭 /舌头
roman: sah⁵ tou³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 舌頭 /舌头
roman: shétou
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 舌
roman: shé
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 舌子
roman: shézi
lang: Northern Min Chinese
word: 舌
roman: ṳè
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 舌頭 /舌头
lang: Xiang Chinese
word: 舌子
roman: she⁶ zr
lang: Chinook Jargon
word: lalang
lang: Chukchi
word: йиԓыйиԓ
roman: jiḷyjiḷ
lang: Chukchi
word: йиԓииԓ
roman: jiḷiiḷ
lang: Chuvash
word: чӗлхе
roman: čĕlh̬e
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: ulime
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: louha
lang: Coptic
word: ⲗⲁⲥ
roman: las
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: til
lang: Czech
word: jazyk
lang: Dalmatian
word: langa
lang: Danish
word: tunge
lang: Dargwa
word: лезми
roman: lezmi
lang: Darkinjung
word: dhallung
lang: Dolgan
word: тыл
lang: Dongxiang
word: kielien
lang: Drung
word: pvlai
lang: Dutch
word: tong
lang: E
word: lin³
lang: Egyptian
word: ns:Z1*F51
roman: ns
lang: Emilian
word: längua
lang: Erzya
word: кель
roman: keľ
lang: Esperanto
word: lango
lang: Estonian
word: keel
lang: Evenki
word: инни
roman: inņi
lang: Evenki
word: чолӣ
roman: çolī
lang: Ewe
word: aɖe
lang: Extremaduran
word: luenga
lang: Faroese
word: tunga
lang: Finnish
word: kieli
lang: French
word: langue
lang: North Frisian
word: Tunge
lang: Saterland Frisian
word: Tunge
lang: West-Frisian
word: tonge
lang: Friulian
word: lenghe
lang: Galician
word: lingua
lang: Gamilaraay
word: thalay
lang: Ge'ez
word: ልስሳን
roman: ləssan
lang: Ge'ez
word: ልሳን
roman: ləsan
lang: Georgian
word: ენა
roman: ena
lang: German
word: Zunge
lang: Gilaki
word: زوون
roman: zevan
lang: Godoberi
word: мицци
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉
roman: tuggō
lang: Greek
word: γλώσσα
roman: glóssa
lang: Ancient Greek
word: γλῶσσα
roman: glôssa
lang: Ancient Greek
word: γλῶττα
roman: glôtta
lang: Greenlandic
word: oqaq
lang: Mbya Guarani
word: apekũ
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: kũ
lang: Gujarati
word: જીભ
roman: jībh
lang: Guugu Yimidhirr
word: nganhdhaar
lang: Haitian Creole
word: lang
lang: Harsusi
word: lešen
lang: Hausa
word: harshe
lang: Hawaiian
word: alelo
lang: Hawaiian
word: elelo
lang: Hawaiian
word: lelo
lang: Hebrew
word: לָשׁוֹן
roman: lashón
lang: Higaonon
word: dila
lang: Hiligaynon
word: dila
lang: Hindi
word: जीभ
roman: jībh
lang: Hindi
word: ज़बान
roman: zabān
lang: Hindi
word: जिह्वा
roman: jihvā
lang: Hindi
word: लिसान
roman: lisān
lang: Hindi
word: रसना
roman: rasnā
lang: Hinukh
word: мец
roman: mec
lang: White Hmong
word: nplaig
lang: Hungarian
word: 𐳚𐳉𐳖𐳮 (𐳚𐳉𐳖𐳮)
lang: Hungarian
word: nyelv
lang: Hunsrik
word: Zung
lang: Ibaloi
word: shila
lang: Icelandic
word: tunga
lang: Ido
word: lango
lang: Ilocano
word: ᜇᜒᜎ
roman: dila
lang: Ilocano
word: dila
lang: Indonesian
word: lidah
lang: Ingrian
word: keeli
lang: Ingush
word: мотт
roman: mott
lang: Interlingua
word: lingua
lang: Inuktitut
word: ᐅᖃᖅ
roman: oqaq
lang: Inuktitut
word: ᐅᖃᒃ
roman: oqak
lang: Inuktitut
word: ᐊᓕᑦᑑᑦ
roman: alittoot
lang: Iranun
word: dila'
lang: Irish
word: teanga
lang: Irish
word: cailín dearg
lang: Istriot
word: lèngua
lang: Istriot
word: laèngua
lang: Istriot
word: lengua
lang: Istro-Romanian
word: limbĕ
lang: Italian
word: lingua
lang: Iu Mien
word: mbietc
lang: Japanese
word: 舌
roman: shita
lang: Japanese
word: べろ
roman: bero
lang: Javanese
word: ꦲꦶꦭꦠ꧀
roman: ilat
lang: Old Javanese
word: ilat
lang: Jeju
word: 세
roman: se
lang: Jirel
word: च्येला
lang: Kaingang
word: nũnẽ
lang: Kaitag
word: луццу́м
roman: luccúm
lang: Kalmyk
word: келн
roman: keln
lang: Kamkata-viri
word: dić
lang: Kamta
word: জিভা
roman: zibha
lang: Kanakanabu
word: 'avasʉ
lang: Kannada
word: ನಾಲಿಗೆ
roman: nālige
lang: Kanuri
word: tǝlam
lang: Kaqchikel
word: aq'
lang: Karelian
word: kieli
lang: Pa'o Karen
word: ဖြေ
lang: S'gaw Karen
word: ပျ့ၤ
roman: plaȳ
lang: Karok
word: ápriih
lang: Kashmiri
word: زؠو
roman: zyav
lang: Kashmiri
word: زَبان
roman: zabān
lang: Kashubian
word: jãzëk
lang: Kaurna
word: tadlanya
lang: Kazakh
word: тіл
roman: tıl
lang: Ket
word: ӄо
roman: qo
lang: Khaling
word: लेम
lang: Khinalug
word: мицӏ
roman: mic̣
lang: Khmer
word: អណ្ដាត
roman: ʼɑɑndaat
lang: Khvarshi
word: мец
roman: mec
lang: K'iche'
word: aaq'
lang: Kikai
word: 唇
roman: suba
lang: Kituba
word: ludimi
lang: Korean
word: 혀
roman: hyeo
lang: Atayal
word: hmali
lang: Australian Kriol
word: tang
lang: Kumyk
word: тил
roman: til
lang: Kunigami
word: 舌
roman: shichā
lang: Kunigami
word: 唇
lang: Central Kurdish
word: زمان
roman: zman
lang: Laki
word: زوان
roman: zwan
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ziman
lang: Kwak'wala
word: k̓a̱la̱m
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тил
roman: til
lang: Ladino
word: לינגוה
lang: Ladino
word: אלואינגה
lang: Ladino
word: lengua
lang: Ladino
word: aluenga
lang: Lak
word: маз
roman: maz
lang: Lao
word: ລີ້ນ
roman: līn
lang: Latgalian
word: mēle
lang: Latin
word: lingua
lang: Latvian
word: mēle
lang: Laz
word: ნენა
roman: nena
lang: Lezgi
word: мез
roman: mez
lang: Ligurian
word: léngoa
lang: Lingala
word: lolemu
lang: Lingala
word: lolémo
lang: Linngithigh
word: lan
lang: Lithuanian
word: liežuvis
lang: Lombard
word: lingua
lang: Lombard
word: lengua
lang: Lü
word: ᦟᦲᧃᧉ
roman: liin²
lang: Luganda
word: olulimi
lang: Luhya
word: olurimi
lang: Luo
word: lep
lang: Lutuv
word: palyi
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Zong
lang: Macanese
word: língu
lang: Macedonian
word: јазик
roman: jazik
lang: Maguindanao
word: dila
lang: Makasar
word: lila
lang: Makhuwa
word: nlumi
lang: Malagasy
word: lela
lang: Malay
word: lidah
lang: Malay
word: lisan
lang: Malayalam
word: നാക്ക്
roman: nākkŭ
lang: Maltese
word: lsien
lang: Manchu
word: ᡳᠯᡝᠩᡤᡠ
roman: ilenggu
lang: Mansaka
word: dila
lang: Northern Mansi
word: не̄лум
roman: nēlum
lang: Manx
word: çhengey
lang: Māori
word: arero
lang: Mapudungun
word: dungun
lang: Maranao
word: dila'
lang: Marathi
word: जीभ
roman: jībh
lang: Eastern Mari
word: йылме
roman: jylme
lang: Western Mari
word: йӹлмӹ
roman: jÿlmÿ
lang: Mazanderani
word: زوون
roman: zavun
lang: Mbabaram
word: jalnggulay
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: limbă
lang: Middle English
word: tonge
lang: Minangkabau
word: lidah
lang: Mirandese
word: lhéngua
lang: Miyako
word: 舌
roman: suda
lang: Moksha
word: кяль
roman: käľ
lang: Mongolian
word: хэл
roman: xel
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
roman: kele
lang: Muong
word: lãi
lang: Mwani
word: lulimi
lang: Nahuatl
word: nenepilli
lang: Central Nahuatl
word: nenepilli
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: nenepilli
lang: Nanai
word: сиӈму
roman: siŋmu
lang: Navajo
word: atsooʼ
lang: Neapolitan
word: lengua
lang: Nepali
word: जिब्रो
roman: jibro
lang: Ngarrindjeri
word: tallanggi
lang: Ngas
word: lis
lang: Car Nicobarese
word: litāk
lang: Niuean
word: alelo
lang: Nkonya
word: ɔdandʋ
lang: Norman
word: langue
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tunge
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: tunge
lang: Nottoway-Meherrin
word: darsunke
lang: Nuer
word: lɛp
lang: Nuosu
word: ꉐꆂ
roman: hxa nie
lang: Occitan
word: lenga
lang: Odia
word: ଜିଭ
roman: jibha
lang: Ojibwe
word: ᐃᓐᑌᓇᓂᐤ
roman: indenaniw
lang: Okinawan
word: 舌
roman: shicha
lang: Okinawan
word: 唇
roman: shiba
lang: Okinoerabu
word: 舌
roman: shā
lang: Okinoerabu
word: 唇
roman: shiba
lang: Church Slavic
word: ѩзꙑкъ
roman: językŭ
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⱗⰸⱏⰹⰽⱏ
roman: językŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: ѧзꙑкъ
roman: językŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: ꙗзꙑкъ
roman: jazykŭ
lang: Old English
word: tunge
lang: Orok
word: сину
roman: sinu
lang: Oromo
word: arraba
lang: Oroqen
word: iŋi
lang: Ossetian
word: ӕвзаг
roman: ævzag
lang: Ot Danum
word: jola
lang: Pacoh
word: ntaq
lang: Paiwan
word: sema
lang: Pali
word: jivhā
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: язик
roman: jazik
lang: Papiamentu
word: lenga
lang: Pashto
word: ژبه
roman: žëba
lang: Pela
word: ʃa⁵⁵
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Zung
lang: Dari
word: زَبَان
roman: zabān
lang: Dari
word: لِسَان
roman: lisān
lang: Iranian Persian
word: زَبان
roman: zabân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لِسان
roman: lesân
lang: Piedmontese
word: lenga
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Tung (nds)
lang: Polabian
word: jǫzĕk
lang: Polish
word: język
lang: Polish
word: ozór
lang: Portuguese
word: língua
lang: Prasuni
word: luzuk
lang: Punjabi
word: ਜੀਭ
roman: jībh
lang: Quechua
word: qallu
lang: Quechua
word: gallu
lang: Rapa Nui
word: ꞌarero
lang: Romagnol
word: lèngva
lang: Romani
word: ćhib
lang: Romanian
word: limbă
lang: Romansh
word: lieunga
lang: Russian
word: язы́к
roman: jazýk
lang: Saek
word: ลีน
lang: Saho
word: anrab
lang: Inari-Sami
word: njuovčâ
lang: Kildin-Sami
word: ню̄ххчемь
roman: njūxxčem’
lang: Northern Sami
word: njuovčča
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: njuuč
lang: Southern Sami
word: njoektjeme
lang: Samogitian
word: lėižovis
lang: Sango
word: mëngä
lang: Sanskrit
word: जिह्वा
roman: jihvā́
lang: Sanskrit
word: लोला
roman: lolā
lang: Sanskrit
word: रसना
roman: rasanā
lang: Sanskrit
word: जुहू
roman: juhū
lang: Santali
word: ᱟᱞᱟᱝ
roman: alaṅ
lang: Sardinian
word: limba
lang: Scots
word: tung
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: teanga
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: јѐзик
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: jèzik
lang: Shan
word: လိၼ်ႉ
roman: lḭ̂n
lang: Sherpa
word: ལྕེ་ལ
roman: lce la
lang: Shoshone
word: a͟ikon
lang: Shoshone
word: ai'go
lang: Sicilian
word: lingua
lang: Sidamo
word: arrawo
lang: Silesian
word: jynzyk
lang: Sinhalese
word: දිව
roman: diwa
lang: Slovak
word: jazyk
lang: Slovene
word: jêzik
lang: Somali
word: 𐒋𐒖𐒇𐒇𐒖𐒁
lang: Somali
word: carrab
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: jězyk
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: jazyk
lang: Sotho
word: leleme
lang: Spanish
word: lengua
lang: Spanish
word: argüendero
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: tongo
lang: Sundanese
word: ᮄᮜᮒ᮪
roman: ilat
lang: Sundanese
word: ᮜᮦᮒᮂ
roman: létah
lang: Swahili
word: ulimi
lang: Swedish
word: tunga
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠎꠤꠙ꠆ꠞꠣ
roman: zifra
lang: Tabasaran
word: мелз
roman: melz
lang: Tagalog
word: ᜇᜒᜎ
roman: dila
lang: Tagalog
word: dila
lang: Tajik
word: забон
roman: zabon
lang: Tajik
word: лисон
roman: lison
lang: Talysh
word: zıvon
lang: Tamil
word: நாக்கு
roman: nākku
lang: Tamil
word: நாவு
roman: nāvu
lang: Tamil
word: நா
roman: nā
lang: Tangut
word: 𗢯
lang: Tarantino
word: lènga
lang: Tarifit
word: ires
lang: Tat
word: zuhun
lang: Tatar
word: тел
roman: tel
lang: Tausug
word: dila
lang: Telugu
word: నాలుక
roman: nāluka
lang: Telugu
word: జిహ్వ
roman: jihva
lang: Tetum
word: nanal
lang: Tewa
word: hän
lang: Thai
word: ลิ้น
roman: lín
lang: Thai
word: ชิวหา
roman: chiu-hǎa
lang: Tibetan
word: ལྕེ
roman: lce
lang: Tibetan
word: ལྗགས
roman: ljags
lang: Tigre
word: ልሳን
roman: ləsan
lang: Tigrinya
word: ልሳን
roman: ləsan
lang: Tikar
word: ɗimɔꞌ
lang: Tocharian A
word: käntu
lang: Tocharian B
word: kantwo
lang: Tok Pisin
word: tang
lang: Tokunoshima
word: 唇
roman: sïba
lang: Torres Strait Creole
word: tang
lang: Tregami
word: ǰip
lang: Tulu
word: ಜಿಹ್ವೆ
roman: jihve
lang: Tumbuka
word: lulimi
lang: Turkish
word: dil
lang: Turkmen
word: dil
lang: Tuvan
word: дыл
roman: dıl
lang: Udi
word: муз
roman: muz
lang: Udmurt
word: кыл
roman: kyl
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎍𐎌𐎐
roman: lšn
lang: Ukrainian
word: язи́к
roman: jazýk
lang: Urdu
word: جِیبھ
roman: jībh
lang: Urdu
word: زَبان
roman: zabān
lang: Urdu
word: زُبان
roman: zubān
lang: Urdu
word: لِسان
roman: lisān
lang: Uyghur
word: تىل
roman: til
lang: Uzbek
word: til
lang: Venetan
word: łéngua
lang: Veps
word: kelʹ
lang: Vietnamese
word: lưỡi
lang: Vilamovian
word: cung
lang: Volapük
word: lineg
lang: Võro
word: kiil'
lang: Votic
word: čeeli
lang: Waigali
word: ǰip
lang: Walloon
word: linwe
lang: Welsh
word: tafod
lang: Woiwurrung
word: jâllin
lang: Wolof
word: làmmiñ
lang: Yaeyama
word: 舌
roman: sïta
lang: Yaghnobi
word: зивок
roman: zivok
lang: Yakkha
word: लेम
lang: Yakut
word: тыл
roman: tïl
lang: Yámana
word: lan
lang: Yao (Africa)
word: lulumi
lang: Yiddish
word: צונג
roman: tsung
lang: Yonaguni
word: 舌
roman: tta
lang: Yoron
word: 舌
roman: shicha
lang: Yoron
word: 唇
roman: shiba
lang: Yoruba
word: ahọ́n
lang: Yucatec Maya
word: aak’
lang: Northern Yukaghir
word: ванар
roman: wanar
lang: Yurok
word: 'n-eephl
lang: Zazaki
word: zıwan (diq)
lang: Zealandic
word: tonge
lang: Zhuang
word: linx
lang: Zou
word: lei
lang: Zulu
word: ulimi class 11/10
lang: ǃKung
word: tɛni
lang: ǃKung
word: tɛri
lang: Finnish
word: puhe