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tunga

[ˈtʰʊŋka]

noun

LanguageFaroese

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

Hon brenndi tunguna á heitum mati.

She burned her tongue on hot food.

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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tunga in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.