lingua
English
/ˈlɪŋɡwə/
noun
Definitions
- tongue
- (zoology) A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lingua (tongue, speech, language).
Origin
Latin
lingua
Gloss
tongue, speech, language
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lingo English
- linguiform English
- linguist English
- *linguaticum Latin
- *linguāticum Latin
- bilinguis Latin
- lingua Latin
- linguax Latin
- lingula Latin
- linguālis Latin
- Linguist German
- linguistisch German
- lingua Italian
- lingot French
- multilingue French
- *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- lingvist Norwegian Bokmål
- lingvist Norwegian Nynorsk
- lingvist Danish
- langue Old French
- languete Old French
- lingvo Esperanto
- lingua Galician
- limbă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- אינטרלינגואה Hebrew (modern)
- lingua Old Portuguese
- limbã Aromanian
- glianga Romansh
- laungia Romansh
- lengua Romansh
- leua Romansh
- lieunga Romansh
- lingua Romansh
- llingua Asturian
- lenghe Friulian
- lengua Old Occitan
- lengua Old Spanish
- lingua Sicilian
- łéngua Venetian
- léngoa Ligurian
- lingua Ladino
- לינגוה Ladino
- lingua Kabuverdianu
- langue Bourguignon
- limba Sardinian
- lengua Neapolitan
- lèngua Istriot
- *dingua Old Latin
- dingua Old Latin
- luenga Aragonese
- lhéngua Mirandese
- lenga Franco-Provençal
- lengua Lombard
- lenga Piedmontese
- limbĕ Istro-Romanian
- luenga Extremaduran