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tang

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English tange, variant of tonge (“tongs, fang”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Middle Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Does this need another split between taste and metal bit? Also eye-dialect for tongue???

Noun

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tang (plural tangs)

  1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
    Synonyms: bite, piquancy, spiciness, twang, zing
    Antonyms: blandness, dullness
    a tang of citrus
    • 1904, O. Henry, The Missing Chord:
      The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath.
  2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
    Synonym: twang
    a tang of cellar
    Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
  3. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
    a tang of pedantry
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
      Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny.
    • 1806, Francis Jeffrey, “Memoirs of Dr. Priestley”, in The Edinburgh Review:
      a cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics
    • 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, At Sunset Time:
      What, was it I who bared my heart / Through unrelenting years, / And knew the sting of misery's dart, / The tang of sorrow's tears?
  4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
    Coordinate term: tab
    slip the cable over the tang
    1. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
      full-tang
      A full-tang knife is strongest against handle breakage, but partial-tang knives are common because of a combination of facts: they are inexpensive, and in some applications any manner of use that would exceed the handle's limit is not an appropriate manner of use.
      1. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
    2. (firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
  5. (zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
    Synonym: surgeonfish
  6. (games) A shuffleboard paddle.
    Coordinate term: biscuit
  7. Obsolete form of tongue.
    • 1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V,
      Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?
  8. (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.
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Etymology 2

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Imitative

Noun

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tang (plural tangs)

  1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

Verb

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tang (third-person singular simple present tangs, present participle tanging, simple past and past participle tanged)

  1. (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.[1][2]
  2. To make a ringing sound; to ring.

Etymology 3

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Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish tang (“seaweed”), Swedish tång, Icelandic þang

Noun

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tang (countable and uncountable, plural tangs)

  1. (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
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Etymology 4

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Clipping of poontang.

Noun

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tang (countable and uncountable, plural tangs)

  1. (countable, vulgar slang) The vagina or vulva.
    • 2002, Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 9:
      The guys like to look at her tang, because that's how they are […]
  2. (uncountable, vulgar slang) Sexual intercourse with a woman

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  1. ^ Eva Crane, The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting, Taylor & Francis (1999), →ISBN, page 239.
  2. ^ Hilda M. Ransome, The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore, Courier Dover Publications (2004), →ISBN, page 225.

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Anagrams

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Australian Kriol

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Etymology

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From English tongue.

Noun

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tang

  1. tongue

Bislama

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Etymology

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From English tongue. Cognate with Tok Pisin tang.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: tang

Noun

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tang

  1. tongue

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  • Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 12

Blagar

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tang

  1. sea

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Cimbrian

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Noun

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tang

  1. plural of tage

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse tǫng.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tanɡ/, [tˢɑŋˀ]

Noun

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tang c (singular definite tangen, plural indefinite tænger)

  1. tongs
  2. forceps
Inflection
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Declension of tang
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tang tangen tænger tængerne
genitive tangs tangens tængers tængernes

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse þang.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tanɡ/, [tˢɑŋˀ]

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tang c (singular definite tangen, not used in plural form)

  1. seaweed

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō.

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Noun

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tang f (plural tangen, diminutive tangetje n)

  1. pliers
  2. tongs
  3. (especially the diminutive) pincers, tweezers
  4. (figuratively) shrew, bitch

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: tang
  • → Indonesian: tang

Estonian

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Etymology

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Noun

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tang (genitive tangu, partitive tangu)

  1. groat (hulled grain)

Declension

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Declension of tang (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative tang tangud
accusative nom.
gen. tangu
genitive tangude
partitive tangu tange
tangusid
illative tangu
tangusse 		tangudesse
tangesse
inessive tangus tangudes
tanges
elative tangust tangudest
tangest
allative tangule tangudele
tangele
adessive tangul tangudel
tangel
ablative tangult tangudelt
tangelt
translative tanguks tangudeks
tangeks
terminative tanguni tangudeni
essive tanguna tangudena
abessive tanguta tangudeta
comitative tanguga tangudega

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  • “tang”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “tang”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of tang – see 東 (“east; host; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 東).

Iban

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taəŋ/
  • Hyphenation: tang

Conjunction

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tang

  1. but

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch tang, from Middle Dutch tanghe, from Old Dutch tanga, from Proto-Germanic *tangō.

Noun

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tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)

  1. pliers

Verb

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tang

  1. to use the pliers

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic.

Noun

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tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)

  1. the sound of hit can, a metallic sound.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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tang (first-person possessive tangku, second-person possessive tangmu, third-person possessive tangnya)

  1. Nonstandard form of tank.

Etymology 4

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Noun

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tang

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of tentang.

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Kusunda

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Noun

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tang

  1. water

Mandarin

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Romanization

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tang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of táng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tàng.

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From Malagasy tandraka.

Noun

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tang

  1. tenrec

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  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle English

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Noun

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tang

  1. Alternative form of tonge (“tongs”)

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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tang ?

  1. side

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse tǫng.

Noun

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tang f or m (definite singular tanga or tangen, indefinite plural tenger, definite plural tengene)

  1. (a pair of) pliers, pincers
  2. (a pair of) forceps
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse þang, compare with German Tang.

Noun

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tang m or n (definite singular tangen or tanget, uncountable)

  1. kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þang n.

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tang m (definite singular tangen, uncountable)

  1. kelp, seaweed (order Fucales)

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  • Prior to a 2019 revision, it was also considered grammatically neuter.[1] With this change, definite singular tanget was made non-standard.

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  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tang f

  1. tongs

Declension

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Declension of tang (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative tang tanga, tange
accusative tange tanga, tange
genitive tange tanga
dative tange tangum

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Phalura

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Urdu تَنگ, from Classical Persian تَنگ.

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Adjective

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tang (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling تنگ)

  1. narrow
    Synonym: aawíiṛu
    Antonym: bistíiṇu
  2. troubled

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  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “tang”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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From Malagasy tandraka.

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tang

  1. tenrec

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  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Tok Pisin

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Etymology 1

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From English tongue.

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tang

  1. tongue

Etymology 2

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From English tank.

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tang

  1. tank

Torres Strait Creole

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Etymology

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From English tongue.

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tang

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 喪.

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tang

 
Vietnamese funeral flag (cờ tang)
  1. a series of events that encompasses a funeral, a burial or cremation, and a period of mourning spanning up to 3 years after the lunar date of death
    để tang
    to hold a public funeral, then stay in mourning (by watching your clothing choices and avoiding other taboos)
    đại tang
    mourning in 3 years
    (literally, “greater mourning”)
    tiểu tang
    mourning in 1 year or less
    (literally, “lesser mourning”)
    mãn/xả tang
    to officially end mourning
    hết tang
    the mourning (has) ended
    đám tang
    a funeral
    Nhà đang có tang.
    The family is in mourning.
    Chưa hết tang mẹ.
    They haven't officially ended mourning their mother.
    đeo băng tang
    to wear a funeral headband
    đội khăn tang
    to wear a funeral headscarf
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Etymology 2

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From English tangent.

Noun

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tang

  1. (trigonometry) tangent

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Etymology 3

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Noun

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tang

  1. (music) shell (body of a drum)
    Trống thủng còn tang.
    The drum was busted, leaving only the shell.

Etymology 4

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tang

  1. (fossil word) evidence of wrongdoing
    Đốt đi cho mất tang.
    Light it on fire to hide the evidence.
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This sense only occurs in some compound words.

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Etymology 5

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tang

  1. (informal) something or someone insignificant
    Cái tang thuốc này hút nặng lắm.
    Smoking this little thing packs a punch.
    Tang ấy thì biết làm ăn gì.
    That guy hasn't a clue how to make a living.

Etymology 6

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 桑

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tang

  1. (fossil word) mulberry
  2. (fossil word) silkworm
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This sense only occurs in some compound words.

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Etymology 7

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 鐺

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tang

  1. Buddhist copper instrument
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