tongue (body part) language 61 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Adyghe
Lexeme 1 bzegʷ
Lexeme 2 bze
Meaning 1 tongue
Direction
Meaning 2 language, idiom
Reference
Comment АдгРС 28
NEW Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Aghul
Lexeme чІал
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Akhvakh
Lexeme мицІцІи
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Akkadian
Lexeme lišānu
Meaning 1 tongue ša ibbalakkatu rittašu u lišānšu inakkisu ‘as for the person who breaks the contract, they will cut off his hand and his tongue’ (CAD L 210)
Direction
Meaning 2 language mala šunnȃ lišānu '(people) of diverse languages'
Reference
Comment

CAD L 209; AHw 556

Cognates in Arabic, Geez and other Semitic languages (cf. SED I No. 181, where both meanings are reconstructed for Proto-Semitic)

NEW Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Andi
Lexeme мицІцІи
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Avar
Lexeme мацІцІ
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

Andalal, Khunzakh, Antsukh, Araderikh dialects

мацІ - Batlukh and Karakh dialects

масІсІ - Kusur dialect

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Bagvalal
Lexeme мисІсІ
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Batsbi
Lexeme мотIтI
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Bezhta
Lexeme миц
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Botlikh
Lexeme мицІи
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Budukh
Lexeme мез
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Bulgarian
Lexeme език
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language

чужд език, български език


foreign language, the Bulgarian language

Reference Bernštejn 1966: 144
Comment
NEW Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Chamalal
Lexeme мисІсІ
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

мицӀи in Gigatli dialect

NEW Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Chechen
Lexeme мотт
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Croatian
Lexeme jezik
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)

hrapav jezik


rough tongue

Direction
Meaning 2 language

latinski jezik


Latin language

Reference HJP
Comment
NEW Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Dagur
Lexeme хэль
Meaning 1 tongue
Direction
Meaning 2 language, speech, word
Reference Тумурдэй Цыбенов Краткий дагурско-русский словарь: 197
Comment
NEW Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Dargwa (literary)
Lexeme лезми
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Dargwa (literary)
Lexeme мец
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

Gapshima, Sirkhi, Tsudakhar dialects

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme tongue
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 speech
Reference ABBYY LINGUO
Comment
NEW Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Erzya
Lexeme кель
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language

эрзянь кель; тонавтнемс рузонь келенть


the Erzya language; learn Russian

Reference Serebrennikov et al. 1993: 249
Comment
NEW Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Estonian
Lexeme keel
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language

albaania keel


Albanian language

Reference EKSS
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 22
Type Polysemy
Language Farsi
Lexeme زبان zabān
Meaning 1 tongue زبان را نشان دادن zabān rā nešān dādan
to put out one's tongue
Direction
Meaning 2 language, idiom زبان مادري zabān-e mādari
mother tongue
Reference Rubinčik 1970: 754
Comment ПРС 414. The same in many other Iranian languages ЭСИЯ 3, 404
ACCEPTED Realization 23
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme langue
Meaning 1 tongue (body part) pointe de la langue
tip of the tongue
Direction
Meaning 2 speech langues étrangères
foreign languages
Reference CNRTL
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 24
Type Polysemy
Language Fula
Lexeme ɗengal
Meaning 1 tongue
Direction
Meaning 2 language, speech
Reference
Comment ФРФС 147
ACCEPTED Realization 25
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme Zunge
Meaning 1 tongue eine belegte Zunge
coated tongue [Нем. 993]
Meaning 2 language (speech) die deutsche Zunge
German language
Reference
Comment Meaning B is poetic. Also consider the Engl. Tongue
NEW Realization 26
Type Polysemy
Language Ginukh
Lexeme мец
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 27
Type Polysemy
Language Godoberi
Lexeme мицци
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 28
Type Polysemy
Language Hausa
Lexeme hárshèe
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 29
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme nyelv
Meaning 1 tongue (body part) nyelvét kiölteni
to put out one's tongue
Direction
Meaning 2 language idegen nyelvek
foreign languages
Reference Гальди 1974
Comment
NEW Realization 30
Type Polysemy
Language Hunzib
Lexeme мыц
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 31
Type Polysemy
Language Ingush
Lexeme мотт
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 32
Type Polysemy
Language Inkhokvari
Lexeme миц
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 33
Type Internal cognates
Language Itelmen
Lexeme 1 ԓчэл
Lexeme 2 льчил
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference PIRS: 168
Comment

'language' in records of Benedykt Dybowski in 1878-1883

NEW Realization 34
Type Polysemy
Language Karata
Lexeme мацІцІи
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

мацІи in Tokitin dialect

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 35
Type Polysemy
Language Karelian
Lexeme kieli
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)

elä näytä kieltäs


don't show your tongue

Direction
Meaning 2 language

mahat sie päissä meijän kielellä


you can speak our language

Reference Zajkov, Rugoeva 1999: 54
Comment
NEW Realization 36
Type Polysemy
Language Khamnigan Mongol
Lexeme kelü(n)
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 192
Comment
NEW Realization 37
Type Polysemy
Language Khinalug
Lexeme мицІ
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 38
Type Polysemy
Language Khwarshi
Lexeme мец
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

мыц in Kwantlada dialect

NEW Realization 39
Type Polysemy
Language Komi
Lexeme кыв
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)

кыв мыччӧдлыны


protrude the tongue 
Direction
Meaning 2 language

ас кыв, мам кыв


native language, native speech

Reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
Comment
NEW Realization 40
Type Polysemy
Language Kryts
Lexeme мез
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 41
Type Polysemy
Language Kubachi
Lexeme муццул
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 42
Type Polysemy
Language Lak
Lexeme маз
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 43
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme lingua
Meaning 1 tongue prima linguae
the tip of tongue [Дворецкий 453]
Meaning 2 language (speech) Latinae linguae gnarus
a person who knows Latin
Reference
Comment cf. French etc. Glare 1032-1033
NEW Realization 44
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme мез
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 45
Type Polysemy
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme xel(en)
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 speech Angli xel
English (language)
Reference BAMRS 2001-2002
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 46
Type Polysemy
Language Osetin
Lexeme yvzag
Meaning 1 tongue
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference
Comment Абаев 4, 279
ACCEPTED Realization 47
Type Polysemy
Language Romani
Lexeme šib
Meaning 1 tongue
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference
Comment

Lovara Romani

this polysemy pattern is common for most Romani dialects

ACCEPTED Realization 48
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme jazyk
Meaning 1 tongue показать язык
to put out tongue
Meaning 2 language русский язык
the Russian language
Reference
Comment
NEW Realization 49
Type Polysemy
Language Rutul
Lexeme миз
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 50
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme jeзик (jezik)
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)

Vоdili smo je pedijatru jer se zalilla da je boli jezik.


We took her to a pediatrician because she complained that her tongue hurts.

Direction
Meaning 2 language

Potreban Vam je prevodilac za japanski jezik?


Do you need a translator for the Japanese language?

Reference CLARIN.SI Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 507
Comment
NEW Realization 51
Type Polysemy
Language Tabassaran
Lexeme мелз
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 52
Type Polysemy
Language Tagalog
Lexeme dilà
Meaning 1 tongue
Direction
Meaning 2 language, speech
Reference
Comment Таг 110
NEW Realization 53
Type Polysemy
Language Tatar
Lexeme тел
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)

тел очы


tip of the tongue

Direction
Meaning 2 language

чит тел


foreign language

Reference Asylgaraev, Ganiev et al. (eds.) 2007: 2, 355
Comment
NEW Realization 54
Type Polysemy
Language Tindi
Lexeme мицци
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 55
Type Polysemy
Language Tsakhur
Lexeme миз
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 56
Type Polysemy
Language Tsez
Lexeme мец
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 57
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme dil
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 speech
Reference Baskakov 1977: 230
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 58
Type Polysemy
Language Tuvan
Lexeme дыл
Meaning 1 tongue
Direction
Meaning 2 language, idiom дылдың словарь составы
language vocabularly
Reference
Comment
NEW Realization 59
Type Polysemy
Language Udi
Lexeme муз
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference IDS
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 60
Type Polysemy
Language Udmurt
Lexeme кыл
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)

кыл йыл


tip of tongue

Direction
Meaning 2 language

ӟуч кыл


Russian language

Reference Kirillova 2008
Comment
NEW Realization 61
Type Polysemy
Language Yakut
Lexeme тыл
Meaning 1 tongue (body part)
Direction
Meaning 2 language
Reference SakhaTyla.Ru
Comment