lingula

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • tongue of land
  • The tongue of a shoe, a shoe-strap, shoe-latchet
  • A spoon or ladle for skimming a pot, a skimmer
  • A small sword
  • The tongue or reed of a flute
  • The pointed end of a post or stake, which was inserted into something
  • The short arm of a lever
  • The tongue-shaped extremity of a water-pipe
  • The tongue of a scale-beam
  • A tongue-shaped member of the cuttle-fish

Etymology

Suffix from Latin lingua (tongue, speech, language).

Origin

Latin

lingua

Gloss

tongue, speech, language

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
👅 😋 😛 😜 😝 🤑

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