English Explanatory Dictionary

tung

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of tongue, both as language and as part of the body.
noun
  1. A tung tree.
name
  1. Synonym of Lincoln Island.

Pronunciation

do͝ong

Word forms

tung tungs tongue

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Lincoln Island

Derived words

tung oil tung oil tree
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