tunga

LanguageFaroese

Meaning

1. tongue (organ)
2. mother tongue, language
3. tongue of land in a stream
4. the tongue of a shoe

Examples

Pronunciationˈtʰʊŋka

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis word is also used to describe specific physical shapes like a tongue of land or the part under the laces of a shoe.

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