longa
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Australian Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.
Preposition
editlonga
- (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
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editlonga (plural longae or longe or longas)
- (music) A musical note equal to two (or occasionally three) breves or whole notes.
- Synonyms: (US, two breves) quadruple whole note, (US, three breves, rare) sextuple whole note
Anagrams
editTranslations
editEsperanto
editEtymology
editFrom English and French long, from Latin longus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editlonga (accusative singular longan, plural longaj, accusative plural longajn)
- long
- 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 2:23.
- Post longa tempo mortis la reĝo de Egiptujo.
- After a long time the king of Egypt died.
- Antonym: mallonga
- 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 2:23.
Derived terms
editFaroese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlonga f (genitive singular longu, plural longur)
- ling (fish)
- common ling
Declension
editf1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | longa | longan | longur | longurnar |
accusative | longu | longuna | longur | longurnar |
dative | longu | longuni | longum | longunum |
genitive | longu | longunnar | longa | longanna |
Derived terms
editGalician
editAdjective
editlonga
Ido
editEtymology
editAdjective
editlonga
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editIrish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlonga f pl
Italian
editAdjective
editlonga
Anagrams
editKituba
editVerb
editlonga
- to advise
Latin
editAdjective
editlonga
- inflection of longus:
Adjective
editlongā
Noun
editlonga f (genitive longae); first declension
- (music) a long (British), quadruple whole note (US)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | longa | longae |
genitive | longae | longārum |
dative | longae | longīs |
accusative | longam | longās |
ablative | longā | longīs |
vocative | longa | longae |
Descendants
edit- → English: longa
References
edit- "longa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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.
- (ambiguous) this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
- (ambiguous) to begin with a long syllable: oriri a longa (De Or. 1. 55. 236)
- (ambiguous) a man-of-war: navis longa
- (ambiguous) this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
Lingala
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀ng (“be correct, suit”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit-longa (infinitive kolonga)
See also
editReferences
edit- Ashem Tem Kawata (2004) Dictionnaire lingala-falansé et français-lingala (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN , page 141.
Neapolitan
editAdjective
editlonga f sg
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editlonga f
Anagrams
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editlonga f (definite singular longa, indefinite plural longer or longor, definite plural longene or longone)
Anagrams
editOccitan
editAdjective
editlonga
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom longo.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: lon‧ga
Adjective
editlonga
Derived terms
editNoun
editlonga f (plural longas)
Noun
editlonga (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural longas)
- Clipping of longa-metragem.
Sicilian
editAdjective
editlonga
Spanish
editNoun
editlonga f (plural longas)
Adjective
editlonga f
Further reading
edit- “longo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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