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tung

Pronunciation: [ˈtˢɔŋˀ]

“tung” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. heavy
  2. dark, gloomy, heavy (about skies etc.)
  3. heavy, arduous
  4. important, major

Etymology

From Old Danish thung, from Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz, from *tengʰ- (“to pull back, be heavy”), cf. Lithuanian tingùs (“heavy”), Russian тя́жкий (tjážkij, “hard”).

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