different between lenga vs longa

English

Noun

lenga (plural lengas)

1. A deciduous tree native to the southern Andes, taxonomic name Nothofagus pumilio.

Translations

Anagrams

• -angle, Angel, Angle, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, angle, genal, glean

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *den?w?, from Proto-Indo-European *dn???wéh?s.

Noun

lenga f

1. language

Occitan

Alternative forms

• (Provence) lengo, lenguo
• (Gascony) lengua
• (Limousin) linga

Etymology

From Old Occitan lengua, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *den?w?, from Proto-Indo-European *dn???wéh?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?le??o]

Noun

lenga f (plural lengas)

1. (anatomy) the tongue
2. a language

Related terms

• lengatge

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish lengua and Portuguese língua and Kabuverdianu lingua, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *den?w?, from Proto-Indo-European *dn???wéh?s.

Noun

lenga

1. tongue
2. language

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *den?w?, from Proto-Indo-European *dn???wéh?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???a/

Noun

lenga f (plural lenghe)

1. tongue
2. language

Spanish

Noun

lenga f (plural lengas)

1. lenga (tree)
2. lenga beech

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dénga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [le????a?]

Verb

-lenga

1. to hang

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dénga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le?n?a/

Verb

-lenga

1. (intransitive) to dangle, to hang

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “lenga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “lenga (6.3)”

English

Etymology 1

From Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

Preposition

longa

1. (Australian Aboriginal) Belonging to; of, in, at, to. [from 19th c.]
   • 1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137:

     This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia.

   • 2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook:

     He wait longa river.

Synonyms

• la
• 'long

Etymology 2

From Latin longa.

Noun

longa (plural longæ or longe or longas)

1. (music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.

   Synonym: (U.S.) quadruple whole note

Anagrams

• Anglo, Anglo-, Golan, Logan, NALGO, along, anglo, anglo-, logan

Esperanto

Etymology

From English and French long, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lon?a/
• Hyphenation: lon?ga
• Rhymes: -on?a

Adjective

longa (accusative singular longan, plural longaj, accusative plural longajn)

1. long
   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 2:23.

     Post longa tempo mortis la re?o de Egiptujo.

     After a long time the king of Egypt died.

   Antonym: mallonga

Derived terms

• longi?i
• longtempa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse langa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??ka/
• Rhymes: -??ka

Noun

longa f (genitive singular longu, plural longur)

1. ling (fish)
2. common ling

Declension

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto longa.

Adjective

longa

1. long

Antonyms

• kurta

Derived terms

• longeskar (“to lengthen”, transitive verb)
• longigar (“to lengthen, elongate, prolong”, intransitive verb)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?????], [?l??????], [?l?????], [?l??????]

Noun

longa f pl

1. nominative plural of long
2. vocative plural of long
3. dative plural of long

Italian

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of longo

Latin

Adjective

longa

1. inflection of longus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

long?

1. ablative feminine singular of longus

Noun

longa f (genitive longae); first declension

1. (music) a long (British), quadruple whole note (US)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: longa

References

• longa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• longa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Neapolitan

Adjective

longa f sg

1. feminine singular of luongo

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

longa f

1. definite singular of longe

Anagrams

• logna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

longa f (definite singular longa, indefinite plural longer or longor, definite plural longene or longone)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by lange
2. definite singular of longe

Anagrams

• logna, ongla

Occitan

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of long

Portuguese

Etymology

From longo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?lõ.??/

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of longo

Derived terms

• longa-duração
• longa-metragem

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

1. (grammar) long syllable
2. (music) long (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)

Noun

longa f (Portugal) or m (Brazil) (plural longas)

1. Clipping of longa-metragem.

Spanish

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

1. (music) longa