noun
Origin: L ligula, a spoon, tongue of a shoe, shoe strap < IE base *leiğh-, to lick > MIr liag, lick: infl. by assoc. with L lingua, tongue, ligare, to bind
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Latin ligula
Origin: , diminutive of lingua, tongue; see dṇghū- in Indo-European roots
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