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tunga

Pronunciation: /²tɵŋa/

“tunga” is a Swedish word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a tongue (organ)
  2. a tongue (flap in a shoe)
  3. a language, speech
  4. a weight (for measuring weight with scales)
  5. a burden, a trouble
  6. a duty, something one is forced to do or pay

Etymology

From Old Swedish tunga, from Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

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