combining form
or lingua- or lingui- or linguo-
Etymology: Latin lingu-, from lingua
1. : language
lingui potence
lingu ist
2. : tongue
linguo papillitis
3.
a. : produced by the tongue and — in terms referring to speech sounds
linguo dental
lingua nasal
linguo nasal
linguo palatal
b. : lingual and
linguo maxillary
4. : lingually
linguo distal