צונג

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Old High German zunga, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

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Noun

צונג • (tsung) f, plural צונגען (tsungen) or צינגער (tsinger)

(anatomy) tongue

Derived terms

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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