צונג

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Litvish) IPA^(key): [tsʊŋ(ɡ)]
(Poylish) IPA^(key): [tsɪŋ(ɡ)]

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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