Tongu(e) [Tongue, Tongu]

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Tongu(e) [Tongue, Tongu]

Type

free base

Denotation

speech organ, speech, language

Etymology

Middle English tongue, from tonge, tunge, tong, tung; Old English tunge

Evidence

betongue, birthtongue, blabtongue, bluetongue, bonytongue, goosetongue, outtongue, oxtongue, subtongue, tonguage, tongue, tonguectomy, tongued, tonguedness, tonguefish, tongueful, tongueless, tonguelet, tonguelike, tonguely, tonguer, tongues, tonguester, tonguetip, tongueworm, tonguey, tonguing, tonguy, untongue

Notes

tongue, langue, and lingua, are doublets

See Also

Langu, Lingule