língua
See also: lingua
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese lingua, lingoa, lengua, lengoa (“tongue, language”), from Latin lingua (“tongue, language”), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā (“tongue”), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).
Cognate with Galician lingua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, Occitan lenga, French langue, Italian lingua and Romanian limbă.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
língua f (plural línguas)
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:língua.