Tung
Origin 1
Alternative forms
From Middle English tung, from Old English tung, tunge ("tongue, language"), from Proto-Germanic *tungÇ ("tongue"). Liken Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéhâ‚‚s
Full definition of tung
Noun
tung
(plural tungs)- Obsolete spelling of tongue
- , 1557-07-16, John Cheke, "Inkhorn" terms: Sir John Cheke, I am of this opinion that our own tung shold be written cleane and pure, unmixt and unmangeled with borowing of other tunges, …
- 1790, , Noah Webster, The Founders' Constitution Vol 1, Chap 15, Doc 44, … ever exposed to their envy, and the tung of slander …
- 1832 , Noah Webster, Edmund Henry Barker , A Dictionary of the English Language Chapter , Our common orthography is incorrect; the true spelling is tung.
- 1848 , Jonathan Morgan , The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Chapter , … words to be spoken with the understanding, that I may teach others also, than myriads of words, in a tung. ... In the law, it hath been written, That, with other tungs and other lips I will speak to this people, and then they will not hear ...
- 1872 , Hugh Rowley , Sage stuffing for green goslings; or, Saws for the goose and saws Chapter , If they've got anything to say which they want you to hear, let 'em say it out; if not, hold their tungs.
- 2002 , , Richard Whelan , The American Spelling Reform Movement , English has strength, simplicity, conciseness, capacity for taking words freely from other tungs, and best of all has the greatest literature the world has yet produced.
Origin 2
From tong