| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| tong | ⇆ sole; ⇆ tag; ⇆ tang; ⇆ tongue |
| die hart op die tong hê | ⇆ wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve; ⇆ wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve |
| die tong roer | ⇆ wag one’s tongue |
| dis op die punt van my tong | ⇆ it is on the tip of my tongue |
| gladde tong | ⇆ well‐oiled tongue |
| iets op die punt van die tong hê | ⇆ have something on the tip of one’s tongue |
| ’n gladde tong | ⇆ a glib tongue |
| swaar van tong | ⇆ slow of speech; ⇆ thick‐tongued |
| swaar van tong wees | ⇆ speak with a heavy tongue |
| beestong | ⇆ neat’s‐tongue; ⇆ ox‐tongue |
| dubbeltongig | ⇆ double‐tongued; ⇆ two‐tongued |
| getong | ⇆ tongued |
| landtong | ⇆ foreland; ⇆ ness; ⇆ spit |
| lastertong | ⇆ scandalmonger; ⇆ long tongue; ⇆ traducer |
| skaaptong | ⇆ sheep‐tongue |
| skindertong | ⇆ slanderer; ⇆ slanderous tongue |
| skoonma‐se‐tong | ⇆ mother‐in‐law’s tongue; ⇆ snake plant; ⇆ viper’s bowstring hemp |
| tongbeen | ⇆ hyoid; ⇆ hyoid bone; ⇆ tongue‐bone |
| tongbeklemming | ⇆ tongue‐tie |
| tongetjie | ⇆ reed; ⇆ tab; ⇆ index; ⇆ tongue; ⇆ tonguelet |
| tonggewelf | ⇆ tunnel‐vault |
| tongklank | ⇆ lingual |
| tongklier | ⇆ lingual gland |
| tongknoper | ⇆ crack‐jaw; ⇆ jaw‐breaker; ⇆ tongue‐twister |
| tongletter | ⇆ lingual |
| tongontsteking | ⇆ glossitis |
| tongriem | ⇆ fraenum of the tongue |
| tongsenuwee | ⇆ lingual nerve |
| tongskarnier | ⇆ strap‐hinge |
| tongslagaar | ⇆ lingual artery |
| tongspier | ⇆ lingual muscle |
| tongval | ⇆ dialect; ⇆ idiom; ⇆ vernacular |
| tongvis | ⇆ sole |
| tongvormig | ⇆ linguiform; ⇆ lingulate; ⇆ tongue‐shaped |