tongue (of a shoe); seal flap (of an envelope)
Extended use for tongue-shaped parts of objects, such as the flap of an envelope or the tongue of a shoe.
The tongue of the shoe got pushed inside.
He stuck out his tongue when the photo was taken.
The cat stuck out its tongue and yawned.
I burned my tongue on the hot soup.
I glue the seal flap of the envelope.
The tongue of my shoe tore.
I bit my tongue because I was eating too fast.
The child licked the ice cream with his tongue.
licking; lapping · dead drunk; blind drunk
verotoxin
Vero cell
Common katakana spelling for the colloquial word for tongue.
Hiragana spelling, also used.
The origin is uncertain, but it is likely a sound-symbolic or mimetic word related to the shape or movement of the tongue.