different between longa vs linga

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

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)”