zung

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German zunge, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue; speech, language”). Cognate with German Zunge, English tongue.

Noun

zung f (Luserna)

1. tongue
2. language

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 張 (MC trjang). Borrowed independently from the same source was Proto-Hmongic (whence White Hmong rab and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] zheinb).

Classifier

zung

1. indicates tools

   yietc zung bouv ― an axe

Yola

Alternative forms

• zang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuːn/, /zɔːn/
• Homophone: zoon

Verb

zung

1. past participle of zing
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:

     Yith w'had any lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung,

     If we had any luck, our name would have been sung

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86