Hypernyms for "tongue"
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Afrasian
Afrasian language
Afroasiatic
Afro-Asiatic
Afroasiatic language
American Indian
American-Indian language
Amerind
Amerindian language
Austro-Asiatic
Austro-Asiatic language
Austronesian
Austronesian language
Basque
beef tongue
calf''s tongue
Cassite
Caucasian
Caucasian language
Chukchi
Chukchi language
creole
double tongue
Dravidian
Dravidian language
Dravidic
Elamite
Elamitic
Eskimo-Aleut
Eskimo-Aleut language
first language
Hamito-Semitic
Hmong
Hmong language
Indian
Indo-European
Indo-European language
Indo-Hittite
Kassite
Khoisan
Khoisan language
maternal language
Miao
mother tongue
Munda-Mon-Khmer
Niger-Kordofanian
Niger-Kordofanian language
Nilo-Saharan
Nilo-Saharan language
Papuan
Papuan language
sharp tongue
Sino-Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan language
Susian
tonal language
tone language
triple-tongue
Ural-Altaic
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.