צונג
Appearance
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German zunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Northeastern) IPA(key): [tsʊŋ(ɡ)]
- (Poylish) IPA(key): [tsɪŋ(ɡ)]
Noun
[edit]צונג • (tsung) f, plural צונגען (tsungen) or צינגער (tsinger)
Derived terms
[edit]- אַ צונג אויף רעדער (a tsung oyf reder), אַ צונג און ביינער (a tsung un beyner), געשליפֿענע צונג (geshlifene tsung, “gift of gab”)
- אויף שפּיץ צונג (oyf shpits tsung, “on the tip of one's tongue”)
- אַרויסשטעלן אַ צונג (aroysshteln a tsung, “to stick out one's tongue”)
- בײַסן זיך די צונג (baysn zikh di tsung, “to hold one's tongue”)
- קילן די צונג (kiln di tsung, “to be long-winded”)
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- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish feminine nouns
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