lingua

Italian (Fiorentino)

[ˈliŋ.ɡwa]

noun
Definitions
  • tongue
  • language, tongue
  • strip, tongue of land
  • (in the plural) foreign languages
  • the square horn of an anvil
  • (especially in plural) A type of Italian flatbread

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lingua (tongue, speech, language) inherited from Old Latin dingua (tongue) inherited from Proto-Italic *denɣwā (tongue) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (tongue, language, speech).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

Gloss

tongue, language, speech

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

語

Emoji
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