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lunga

Pronunciation: /²lɵŋ.ɡa/

“lunga” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. lung (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)

Etymology

From Old Norse lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungw- (literally “the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Danish and Norwegian lunge, Icelandic lunga, German Lunge, lung.

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