English–Afrikaans dictionary
Afrikaans translation of the English word tongue
English | Afrikaans (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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🔗 The language sounded harsh, unsuited to a human tongue. | ||
(language) | ||
🔗 “Quick!” he cried in the tongue of the Angles, which the Jutes understood. | ||
(native language) | ||
🔗 By now Sanskrit was not a mother tongue but a language to be studied and consciously mastered. |
English | Afrikaans |
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tongue | ⇆ angel; ⇆ die tong gebruik; ⇆ ewenaar; ⇆ klepel; ⇆ naald; ⇆ oor die tong laat gaan; ⇆ praat; ⇆ skoenleertjie; ⇆ spraak; ⇆ taal; ⇆ tong; ⇆ tongetjie; ⇆ uitloper |
a glib tongue | ⇆ ’n gladde tong |
an evil tongue | ⇆ ’n lastertong |
a tongue as keen as a razor | ⇆ ’n tong so skerp soos ’n skeermes |
find one’s tongue | ⇆ begin praat |
fraenum of the tongue | ⇆ tongriem |
give tongue | ⇆ blaf |
have a long tongue | ⇆ baie praat |
have a loose tongue | ⇆ loslippig wees |
have a ready tongue | ⇆ gevat wees; ⇆ nie op sy mond geval wees nie; ⇆ ’n draad vir elke naald hê |
have something on the tip of one’s tongue | ⇆ iets op die punt van die tong hê |
hold one’s tongue | ⇆ stilbly; ⇆ sy mond hou |
it fell from his tongue | ⇆ dit het hom ontglip |
it is on the tip of my tongue | ⇆ dis op die punt van my tong |
keep a civil tongue in head | ⇆ beleef bly |
keep a civil tongue in one’s head | ⇆ beleef bly |
long tongue | ⇆ lastertong |
mother‐in‐law’s tongue | ⇆ skoonma‐se‐tong |
mother tongue | ⇆ moedertaal |
slanderous tongue | ⇆ skindertong |
slip of the tongue | ⇆ lapsus linguae; ⇆ misslag; ⇆ onbedagsame woord; ⇆ onbedagte woord; ⇆ verspreking |
speak with a heavy tongue | ⇆ swaar van tong wees |
viper’s tongue | ⇆ addertong |
wag one’s tongue | ⇆ die tong roer; ⇆ losbekkig wees; ⇆ praatsiek wees |
well‐oiled tongue | ⇆ gladde tong |
with one’s tongue in one’s cheek | ⇆ spottend |
double‐tongued | ⇆ dubbeltongig; ⇆ met twee monde |
foul‐tongued | ⇆ vuilbekkig |
honey‐tongued | ⇆ glad met die tong; ⇆ salwend; ⇆ welbespraak |
long‐tongued | ⇆ praatsiek; ⇆ praterig |
neat’s‐tongue | ⇆ beestong |
ox‐tongue | ⇆ beestong |
sharp‐tongued | ⇆ snipperig |
sheep‐tongue | ⇆ skaaptong |
shrill‐tongued | ⇆ met skel stem |
silver‐tongued | ⇆ met welluidende stem; ⇆ welsprekend |
smooth‐tongued | ⇆ glad van tong; ⇆ vleiend |
thick‐tongued | ⇆ swaar van tong |
tongue‐bone | ⇆ tongbeen |
tongued | ⇆ getong; ⇆ tong‐ |
tongueless | ⇆ sonder tong; ⇆ spraakloos |
tonguelet | ⇆ tongetjie |
tongue‐shaped | ⇆ tongvormig |
tongue‐tie | ⇆ tongbeklemming |
tongue‐tied | ⇆ spraakloos |
tongue‐twister | ⇆ tongknoper |
tongue‐wagging | ⇆ geklets |
two‐tongued | ⇆ dubbeltongig; ⇆ vals |