longo

See also: Longo and long o

Esperanto

Etymology

From longa (“long”) +‎ -o (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlonɡo]
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• Rhymes: -onɡo
• Hyphenation: lon‧go

Noun

longo (accusative singular longon, plural longoj, accusative plural longojn)

1. length

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese longo, from Latin longus, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈloŋɡʊ], (NW) [ˈloŋkʊ], (eastern) [ˈlɔŋɡʊ]

Adjective

longo m (feminine singular longa, masculine plural longos, feminine plural longas)

1. long

   Antonym: curto

Derived terms

• ao longo de
• longamente

References

• “longo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “longo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “longo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “longo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “longo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin longus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔnɡo/, [ˈlɔŋ.ɡo]

Adjective

longo m sg (feminine longa)

1. long

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔn.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -ɔnɡo
• Hyphenation: lòn‧go

Adjective

longo (feminine longa, masculine plural longhi, feminine plural longhe)

1. (regional, obsolete) Alternative form of lungo

References

• longo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• logon

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlon.ɡoː/, [ˈɫ̪ɔŋɡoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlon.ɡo/, [ˈlɔŋɡo]

Adjective

longō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of longus

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

longo

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of longe

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese longo, from Latin longus, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlõ.ɡu/

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlõ.ɡʷ/
• Hyphenation: lon‧go

Adjective

longo (feminine longa, masculine plural longos, feminine plural longas)

1. long

   Synonym: comprido

Derived terms

• longamente
• longuinho (diminutive)
• longuíssimo (superlative)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlonɡo/ [ˈlõŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -onɡo
• Hyphenation: lon‧go

Etymology 1

From Latin longus. In light of the lack of diphthongization, either borrowed from Latin or through another Romance language; cf. the native doublet luengo.

Adjective

longo (feminine longa, masculine plural longos, feminine plural longas)

1. (rare, uncommon) long

   Synonym: largo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua lungu.

Adjective

longo (feminine longa, masculine plural longos, feminine plural longas)

1. (Ecuador, ussualy despective, of a youngling) native
2. (Ecuador, ussualy despective) young

Noun

longo m (plural longos)

1. (Ecuador, ussualy despective) teenager, youngling

Further reading

• “longo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪o.ŋo/

Noun

longo

1. younger sibling

   longo da at ― younger brother

   longo da papa ― younger sister

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics