lenha

Portuguese

lenha

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lenna (“firewood”), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (“firewood”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-no (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ- (“to gather”). Cognate with Galician leña, Spanish leña, Catalan llenya, Occitan lenha, Romanian lemn and Italian legna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.ɲɐ/ [ˈlẽ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.ɲɐ/ [ˈlẽ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɲa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐ(j).ɲɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐ(j).ɲɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɲɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɲɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɲɐ/

• Hyphenation: le‧nha
• Rhymes: -ɐɲɐ

Noun

lenha f (plural lenhas)

1. firewood

Related terms

• lenhador
• lenheiro
• Quem não poupa água nem lenha, não poupa nada que tenha.