different between longa vs wonga
longa
English
Etymology 1
From Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.
Preposition
longa
- (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.
- 1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137:
Synonyms
- la
- 'long
Etymology 2
From Latin longa.
Noun
longa (plural longæ or longe or longas)
- (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)
- 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.
- Post longa tempo mortis la re?o de Egiptujo.
- Antonym: mallonga
- 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 2:23.
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)
- ling (fish)
- common ling
Declension
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto longa.
Adjective
longa
- 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
- nominative plural of long
- vocative plural of long
- dative plural of long
Italian
Adjective
longa
- feminine singular of longo
Latin
Adjective
longa
- inflection of longus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
long?
- ablative feminine singular of longus
Noun
longa f (genitive longae); first declension
- (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
- feminine singular of luongo
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
longa f
- definite singular of longe
Anagrams
- logna
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
longa f (definite singular longa, indefinite plural longer or longor, definite plural longene or longone)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by lange
- definite singular of longe
Anagrams
- logna, ongla
Occitan
Adjective
longa
- feminine singular of long
Portuguese
Etymology
From longo.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?lõ.??/
Adjective
longa
- feminine singular of longo
Derived terms
- longa-duração
- longa-metragem
Noun
longa f (plural longas)
- (grammar) long syllable
- (music) long (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)
Noun
longa f (Portugal) or m (Brazil) (plural longas)
- Clipping of longa-metragem.
Spanish
Noun
longa f (plural longas)
- (music) longa
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wonga
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Romani wangar (“coal”), from Sanskrit ?????? (á?g?ra, “charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háng?ras, from Proto-Indo-European *h?óng?l?. The English term coal was itself used as a slang term for money in England in the 18th and 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w????/
- Rhymes: -????
Noun
wonga (uncountable)
- (slang, Britain, chiefly London, New Zealand) Money.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money
- 2009, K. O. Dahl, The Fourth Man: A Thriller, Minotaur Books (?ISBN), page 59:
- I don't mean to be difficult, I said to the madame in reception, but I'm paying a lot of wonga, so these women of yours should be able to manage a bit of service, shouldn't they, I said, and then I was given a voucher.
Further reading
- “wonga”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- Gowan, Wagon, gowan, wagon, wango
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