tonger

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English

Etymology

From tong +‎ -er.

Noun

tonger (plural tongers)

  1. A tongman.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thuner, from Proto-West Germanic *þunr, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz.

Pronunciation

Noun

tonger c (plural tongers)

  1. thunder

Further reading

  • tonger”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011