língua

See also: lingua

Portuguese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/, [ˈl̪ʲɪ̃ɪ̯̃ᵑ.ɡʷə]

Noun

língua f (plural línguas)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:língua.

Synonyms

• idioma

Related terms

• antilíngua
• linguagem
• lingual
• linguista
• linguística
• lingulado

 

Descendants

• Angolar: lunga
• Annobonese: lunga
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: lingu, lingua
• Indo-Portuguese: lingo, légo, leagou
• Kabuverdianu: lingua
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: ling
• Macanese: língu
• Principense: lunge