Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Indo-European | Yes | Yes | No | No |
tongue | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Indo-European (noun) | tongue (noun) |
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the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia | the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot |
a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European | metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side |
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | |
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language | |
a manner of speaking | |
the tongue of certain animals used as meat | |
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea | |
any long thin projection that is transient |
Indo-European (adjective) | tongue (adjective) |
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of or relating to the former Indo-European people | |
of or relating to the Indo-European language family |
Indo-European (verb) | tongue (verb) |
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lick or explore with the tongue | |
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments |