different between linga vs linea

English

Noun

linga (plural lingas)

1. Alternative form of lingam

Anagrams

• Gilan, Glina, Laing, Langi, Liang, algin, align, ganil, liang, ligan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li?nga

Noun

linga

1. an evergreen shrub, Mahonia philippinensis

Verb

linga

1. to engross

Adjective

linga

1. inattentive

Chavacano

Noun

lingá

1. sesame seed

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu -linga, from Proto-Bantu *-d??nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

Verb

linga

1. to try, to attempt

Lingala

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Bantu *-d??nga or *-d??nga?”).

Verb

-linga (infinitive kolinga)

1. to love
2. to desire; to want

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-linga (infinitive kulinga)

1. to compare, to match

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Reciprocal: -lingana (“to be equal, to be similar”)

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-d??nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

Verb

-línga

1. to try, to tempt, to test

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Noun

lingá

1. sesame

Noun

lingà

1. act or manner of looking around as if searching for someone

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-d??nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

Verb

-línga

1. to try, to attempt

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-d??nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

Verb

-lînga

1. (transitive) to try, to attempt
2. (transitive) to test, to tempt
3. (transitive) to do magic tricks

Inflection

Derived terms

• -lingisa

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “linga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “linga (3.9)”

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?nea (“line, thread”). Doublet of line.

Noun

linea (plural lineae)

1. (astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.

   The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae.

Anagrams

• A-line, Aline, Elain, Elian, Elina, Nelia, alien, aline, anile, elain, laine, liane

Italian

Etymology

From Latin l?nea (“line, thread”), from l?num (“flax”).

Pronunciation

lìnea, IPA^(key): /?li.ne.a/

Noun

linea f (plural linee)

1. line
2. dash (Morse code symbol)

Related terms

Verb

linea

1. third-person singular present indicative of lineare
2. second-person singular imperative of lineare

Anagrams

• aneli
• liane

Latin

Alternative forms

• linea (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From l?neus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from l?num (“flax”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li?.ne.a/, [?li?neä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.ne.a/, [?li?n??]

Noun

l?nea f (genitive l?neae); first declension

1. A linen thread.
2. Any line, thread, or string, particularly
   1. The warp and weft during weaving.
   2. A fishing line.
   3. A plumbline.
   4. A bowstring.
   5. (geometry) A geometric line.
   6. A boundary line.
   7. A line of descent, a lineage.
   8. A line of thought; an outline, a sketch.
      • 1756, Johann Matthias Gesner:

        Primae Lineae Isagoges in Eruditionem Universalem

        Introductions of a First Line into Universal Knowledge

      • 77, Apelles:

        Nulla dies sine linea.

        Pliny the Elder's Natural History

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

• l?ne?ti?
• l?neus
• l?num

Descendants

• Friulian: linie
• Italian: linea
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: llinia
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: llinya
  • Occitan: linha
• Old French:
  • French: ligne
• Old Portuguese: linna
  • Galician: liña
  • Portuguese: linha
• Old Spanish: liña
  • Spanish: liña
• Romanian: ie
• Sicilian: lìnia
• Venetian: lìnia, ligna
• ? Albanian: linjë
• ? Belarusian: ????? (linija)
• ? Bulgarian: ????? (linija)
• ? Catalan: línia
• ? Czech: linie
• ? English: linea
• ? Lithuanian: linija
• ? Macedonian: ?????? (linija)
• ? Polish: linia
  • ? Russian: ????? (linija) (or from German)
• ? Norwegian: line, linje
• ? Old High German: linia
  • Alemannic German: Linge
  • German: Linie
    • ? Danish: linje
    • ? Norwegian: linje
    • ? Russian: ????? (linija) (or from Polish)
  • Yiddish: ?????? (linye)
• ? Old Irish: líne
  • Irish: líne
• ? Old Swedish: linia
  • Swedish: linje
  • ? Finnish: linja
• ? Romanian: linie
• ? Russian: ????? (linija)
• ? Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ??????

  Latin: linija

• ? Spanish: línea
  • ? Tagalog: linya
• ? Ukrainian: ????? (linija)
• ? Welsh: llinell

Adjective

l?nea

1. inflection of l?neus (“flaxen”):
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

l?ne?

1. ablative feminine singular of l?neus

References

• linea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• linea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• linea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• linea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• linea in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Noun

linea

1. Misspelling of línea.

Verb

linea

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of linear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of linear.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of linear.