zunga - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

zunga

1. to surround

From Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Compare Old Saxon tunga, Old Dutch tunga, Old English tunge, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō) and Old Norse tunga (Icelandic tunga (“tongue”)).

zunga f

1. tongue
2. language

• Middle High German: zunge
  • Alemannic German: Zunge
  • Central Franconian: Zong
  • Cimbrian: zung
  • German: Zunge
  • Luxembourgish: Zong
  • Vilamovian: cung
  • Yiddish: צונג (tsung)

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

zunga f (plural zungas)

1. thong (swimwear)