different between longa vs donga

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

English

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d?????/, /d????/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d????/

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans donga, from Zulu udonga.

Noun

donga (plural dongas)

1. (South Africa) A usually dry, eroded watercourse running only in times of heavy rain.

   Synonyms: arroyo, wadi, wash

   • 1900, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War, Volume 2, 2008 Easyread Large Bold Edition, page 14:

     Major Pack-Beresford and other officers were shot down, and every unhorsed man remained necessarily as a prisoner under the very muzzles of the riflemen in the donga.

   • 1901, Ernest William Hornung, “The Knees of the Gods”, in Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman, Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 284:

     There were trenches for us men, but no place of safety for our horses nearer than this long and narrow donga which ran from within our lines towards those of the Boers.

   • 1948, Henry Vollam Morton, In Search of South Africa,^[1] Methuen, page 168:

     Thousands of miserable cattle and goats roamed everywhere making tracks that would someday form cracks which successive rains would open into gullies and dongas.

   • 1999, JM Coetzee, Disgrace, Vintage 2000, p. 98:

     Count yourself lucky not to be a prisoner in the car at this moment, speeding away, or at the bottom of a donga with a bullet in your head.

Translations

References

• Jean Bradford, A Dictionary of South African English, Oxford (1978).

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

donga (plural dongas)

1. (Australia) A transportable building with single rooms, often used on remote work sites or as tourist accommodation.
   • 2004, Susie Ashworth, Rebecca Turner, Simone Egger, Western Australia, Lonely Planet, page 152,

     Menzies Hotel ([Ph] 9024 2043; 22 Shenton St; s/d $48/65, donga $75) has old-style hotel rooms as well as - for that real goldfields experience - dongas (temporary miner?s abode, usually made from corrugated iron), and also serves all meals.

   • 2004, James Woodford, The Dog Fence, page 225,

     He not only expects his fence to be perfect, he also expects his dongas to be the best workman?s huts in Australia, and that is what they are.

   • 2009, David Marr, The Ibdian Ocean Solution, Robyn Davidson (editor), The Best Australian Essays 2009, page 118,

     Workers building roads in the bush sleep in dongas like these and are well paid for their discomfort.

Usage notes

• Usually used in outback Australia, especially the northwest.

Anagrams

• Dagon, Dogan, Gonda, dango, dogan, goand, gonad

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Zulu udonga.

Noun

donga (plural dongas)

1. donga

Descendants

• ? English: donga
• ? German: Donga

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

donga (intransitive)

1. there is, there are

2. to have, belong, be at, reside, dwell
3. be married to

Japanese

Romanization

donga

1. R?maji transcription of ???