lungi

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A Bengali boy wearing a lungi.

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lungi (plural lungis)

  1. A garment worn around the waist by many people, especially men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin longe.

Adverb [edit]

lungi

  1. far (from)

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Adjective [edit]

lungi

  1. Plural form of lungo.

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Etymology [edit]

From lung. Also possibly from a Latin root *longīre, from longīscere, present active infinitive of longīscō.

Verb [edit]

a lungi (third-person singular present lungește, past participle lungit4th conj.

  1. to lengthen, elongate, extend
  2. to prolong

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