See also: länsa

Cebuano

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Spanish lancha, from Portuguese lancha, from Malay lancar.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /lanˈsa/ [l̪ɐn̪ˈs̪a]
  • Hyphenation: lan‧sa

Noun

edit

lansá (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. launch; large, open motorboat

Verb

edit

lansá (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. to travel by launch

See also

edit

Faroese

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Danish lanse, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea, from Iberian or Celtiberian. Cognate of English lance and launch.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

lansa f (genitive singular lansu, plural lansur)

  1. lance

Declension

edit
Declension of lansa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lansa lansan lansur lansurnar
accusative lansu lansuna lansur lansurnar
dative lansu lansuni lansum lansunum
genitive lansu lansunnar lansa lansanna

Guinea-Bissau Creole

edit

Etymology

edit

From Portuguese lançar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu lansa.

Verb

edit

lansa

  1. to throw
  2. to launch

Kabuverdianu

edit

Etymology

edit

From Portuguese lançar.

Verb

edit

lansa

  1. to throw
  2. to launch

Norwegian Bokmål

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Noun

edit

lansa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of lanse

Norwegian Nynorsk

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Noun

edit

lansa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of lanse

Old Occitan

edit

Etymology

edit

From Latin lancea.

Noun

edit

lansa f (oblique plural lansas, nominative singular lansa, nominative plural lansas)

  1. lance (medieval weapon)

Descendants

edit
  • Occitan: lança

References

edit

Piedmontese

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

lansa f

  1. lance, spear

Further reading

edit

Romanian

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from French lancer.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /lanˈsa/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

edit

a lansa (third-person singular present lansează, past participle lansat) 1st conj.

  1. to pitch
  2. to launch

Conjugation

edit

See also

edit

Further reading

edit

Tagalog

edit

Etymology 1

edit

From Proto-Philippine *laŋsa (odor of fish, blood), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋ(ə)si (fishy smell), from Proto-Austronesian *laŋ(ə)si (unpleasant odor). Compare Bikol Central langsi, Aklanon eangsa, Cebuano langsa, and Maranao langensa.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

lansá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. characteristic fishy odor or taste
    Synonym: amoy-isda
  2. viscous substance covering the fish
  3. characteristic smell of blood (perceived as similar to a fishy smell)
  4. (figurative) obscenity
    Synonyms: laswa, kalaswaan, kabastusan
Alternative forms
edit
Derived terms
edit

See also

edit

Etymology 2

edit

Borrowed from Spanish lanza, from Old Spanish lança, from Latin lancea, of Celtiberian origin.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

lansa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. lance; spear
    Synonym: sibat

Further reading

edit
  • lansa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laŋ(e)si”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

edit