lenga
English edit
Etymology edit
From Mapudungun lenga, via Spanish.
Noun edit
lenga (plural lengas)
- A deciduous tree native to the southern Andes, taxonomic name Nothofagus pumilio.
Translations edit
Anagrams edit
Franco-Provençal edit
Noun edit
lenga (Valdôtain)
References edit
- lenga in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Malay lenga (“sesame”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lênga (plural lenga-lenga, first-person possessive lengaku, second-person possessive lengamu, third-person possessive lenganya)
Further reading edit
- “lenga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
lenga
- Romanization of ꦊꦔ
Kituba edit
Verb edit
lenga
- to tremble
Lingala edit
Verb edit
lenga
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa. Cognate with Tagalog linga, Cebuano lunga, Rade ênga and Tetum lena. Compare also Proto-Tai *r.ŋaːᴬ (“sesame”) (whence Thai งา (ngaa)) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaaʔ ~ *lŋawʔ (“sesame”) (whence Khmer ល្ង (lngɔɔ)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lenga (Jawi spelling لڠا or ليڠا, plural lenga-lenga, informal 1st possessive lengaku, 2nd possessive lengamu, 3rd possessive lenganya)
Derived terms edit
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: lenga
Further reading edit
- “lenga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maranao edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa.
Noun edit
lenga
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan lengua, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lenga f (plural lengas)
Related terms edit
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish lengua and Portuguese língua and Kabuverdianu lingua, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Noun edit
lenga
Piedmontese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lenga f (plural lenghe)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Mapudungun lenga.
Noun edit
lenga f (plural lengas)
- lenga (tree)
- lenga beech
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Verb edit
-lenga (infinitive kulenga)
Conjugation edit
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Derived terms edit
- Nominal derivations:
- lengo (“target, objective”)
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-dénga.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
-lenga
- to hang
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-dénga.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
-lenga
- (intransitive) to dangle, to hang
Inflection edit
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lenga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lenga (6.3)”
- English terms derived from Mapudungun
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Fagales order plants
- Valdôtain
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ŋa
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ŋa/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations
- Kituba lemmas
- Kituba verbs
- Lingala lemmas
- Lingala verbs
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/ŋa
- Rhymes:Malay/a
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Maranao terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maranao terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maranao lemmas
- Maranao nouns
- Occitan terms inherited from Old Occitan
- Occitan terms derived from Old Occitan
- Occitan terms inherited from Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Occitan terms inherited from Old Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Old Latin
- Occitan terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Occitan terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Occitan terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Occitan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Occitan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Occitan terms with audio links
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan nouns
- Occitan feminine nouns
- Occitan countable nouns
- oc:Anatomy
- oc:Language
- Papiamentu terms derived from Spanish
- Papiamentu terms derived from Portuguese
- Papiamentu terms derived from Kabuverdianu
- Papiamentu terms derived from Latin
- Papiamentu terms derived from Old Latin
- Papiamentu terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Papiamentu terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Papiamentu lemmas
- Papiamentu nouns
- Piedmontese terms inherited from Latin
- Piedmontese terms derived from Latin
- Piedmontese terms inherited from Old Latin
- Piedmontese terms derived from Old Latin
- Piedmontese terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Piedmontese terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Piedmontese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Piedmontese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Piedmontese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Piedmontese lemmas
- Piedmontese nouns
- Piedmontese feminine nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from Mapudungun
- Spanish terms derived from Mapudungun
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Trees
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili verbs
- Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Xhosa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa verbs
- Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Zulu lemmas
- Zulu verbs
- Zulu intransitive verbs
- Zulu verbs with tone L