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langa

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See also: länga, långa, and lângă

Australian Kriol

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Etymology

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From English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

Preposition

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langa

  1. at, in, on
  2. to, into
  3. with

Descendants

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  • → English: longa

Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin lingua.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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langa f (plural lange)

  1. language
    langa dalmatuna ― Dalmatian language
  2. tongue

Gooniyandi

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Noun

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langa

  1. salt

Gurindji

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Noun

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langa

  1. ear

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse langa (“to long for; desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire; long for”), related to English long, German verlangen. More at long.

Verb

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langa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative langaði, supine langað)

  1. (impersonal) to cause to want, to make feel like [with accusative ‘someone’, along with í (+ accusative) ‘something’ or að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated as "want, feel like" with the accusative object as the subject)
    Synonym: vilja
    Mig langar í hest!
    I want a horse!
    Langar þig í hest?
    Do you want a horse?
    Hvað langar þig í? — Mig langar í nammi og ís!
    What do you want? — I want candy and ice cream!
    Mig langar heim. ― I want to go home.
    Hana langaði að hitta foreldra mína. ― She wanted to meet my parents.
  2. to crave, to have a hankering for
    Synonyms: þrá, girnast
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse langa; compare Faroese longa.

Noun

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langa f (genitive singular löngu, nominative plural löngur)

  1. ling (fish)
Declension
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Declension of langa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative langa langan löngur löngurnar
accusative löngu lönguna löngur löngurnar
dative löngu löngunni löngum löngunum
genitive löngu löngunnar langna, langa langnanna, langanna
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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langa m

  1. inflection of langur:
    1. accusative indefinite plural
    2. genitive indefinite plural

Ilocano

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga, “sign; characteristic”).

Noun

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langá

  1. face; features; looks

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse langa; compare Scottish Gaelic langa.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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langa m (genitive singular langa, nominative plural langaí)

  1. common ling (Molva molva)

Declension

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Declension of langa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative langa langaí
vocative a langa a langaí
genitive langa langaí
dative langa langaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an langa na langaí
genitive an langa na langaí
dative leis an langa
don langa 		leis na langaí

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 langa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106

Further reading

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Karelian

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Regional variants of langa
North Karelian
(Viena) 		lanka
South Karelian
(Tver) 		langa

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lanka, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *langô.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑŋɡɑ/
  • Hyphenation: lan‧ga

Noun

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langa (genitive langan, partitive langua)

  1. (South Karelian) yarn (fiber strand for knitting or weaving)
  2. (South Karelian) thread

Declension

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Tver Karelian declension of langa (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative langa langat
genitive langan langoin
partitive langua langoida
illative langah langoih
inessive langašša langoissa
elative langašta langoista
adessive langalla langoilla
ablative langalda langoilda
translative langakši langoiksi
essive langana langoina
comitative langanke langoinke
abessive langatta langoitta
prolative langačči langoičči
instructive — langoin
Possessive forms of langa
1st person langani
2nd person langaš
3rd person langah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “langa”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Maybe from Celtic.

Noun

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langa f (genitive langae); first declension

  1. A kind of lizard

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative langa langae
genitive langae langārum
dative langae langīs
accusative langam langās
ablative langā langīs
vocative langa langae

References

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  • “langa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “langa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Livonian

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Noun

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langa

  1. obsolete spelling of lānga

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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langa f

  1. definite singular of lange

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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langa f (definite singular langa, indefinite plural langer or langor, definite plural langene or langone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of lange
  2. definite singular of lange

Verb

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langa (present tense langar, past tense langa, past participle langa, passive infinitive langast, present participle langande, imperative langa/lang)

  1. alternative form of lange

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Anagrams

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑn.ɡɑ/, [ˈlɑŋ.ɡɑ]

Adjective

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langa

  1. inflection of lang:
    1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
    2. weak nominative masculine singular

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *langōną.

Verb

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langa

  1. to long for
Conjugation
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Conjugation of langa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive langa
present participle langandi
past participle langaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular langa langaða langa langaða
2nd person singular langar langaðir langir langaðir
3rd person singular langar langaði langi langaði
1st person plural lǫngum lǫnguðum langim langaðim
2nd person plural langið lǫnguðuð langið langaðið
3rd person plural langa lǫnguðu langi langaði
imperative present
2nd person singular langa
1st person plural lǫngum
2nd person plural langið
Conjugation of langa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive langask
present participle langandisk
past participle langazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lǫngumk lǫnguðumk lǫngumk lǫnguðumk
2nd person singular langask langaðisk langisk langaðisk
3rd person singular langask langaðisk langisk langaðisk
1st person plural lǫngumsk lǫnguðumsk langimsk langaðimsk
2nd person plural langizk lǫnguðuzk langizk langaðizk
3rd person plural langask lǫnguðusk langisk langaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular langask
1st person plural lǫngumsk
2nd person plural langizk
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Etymology 2

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Probably related to langr (“long”), in reference to its length.[1][2] Compare Dutch leng.

Noun

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langa f (genitive lǫngu)

  1. (zoology) ling
Declension
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Declension of langa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative langa langan lǫngur lǫngurnar
accusative lǫngu lǫnguna lǫngur lǫngurnar
dative lǫngu lǫngunni lǫngum lǫngunum
genitive lǫngu lǫngunnar langna langnanna
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References

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  1. ^ “ling”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “ling”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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langa

  1. inflection of langr:
    1. strong feminine singular accusative
    2. strong masculine plural accusative
    3. weak masculine singular oblique
    4. weak feminine singular nominative
    5. weak neuter singular

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “langa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse langa, from Proto-Germanic *langōną.

Verb

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langa

  1. to long for

Conjugation

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Conjugation of langa (weak)
present past
infinitive langa —
participle langandi, -e langaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk langar langi, -e — langaþi, -e langaþi, -e
þū langar langi, -e langa langaþi, -e langaþi, -e
han langar langi, -e — langaþi, -e langaþi, -e
vīr langum, -om langum, -om langum, -om langaþum, -om langaþum, -om
īr langin langin langin langaþin langaþin
þēr langa langin — langaþu, -o langaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk — — — — —
þū — — — — —
han — — — — —
vīr — — — — —
īr — — — — —
þēr — — — — —

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin lāna.

Noun

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langa f

  1. (Surmiran) wool

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse langa;[1] compare Irish langa.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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langa m (plural langannan)

  1. common ling (Molva molva)

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “langa”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 langa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ladefoged, Jenny; Ladefoged, Peter; Turk, Alice; Hind, Kevin (5 February 1996), “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive‎[2], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
  4. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 232
  6. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  7. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[3], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  8. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  9. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 36

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “langa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German langen.

Verb

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langa (present langar, preterite langade, supine langat, imperative langa)

  2. (often with a particle like fram, in, ner, upp, or hit) to toss, to sling (throw with a swinging motion)
  4. (often with hit) to give, to hand over (something to someone)
    Langa hit jordnötterna!
    "Toss" me the peanuts!
  5. to buy liquor on behalf of youngsters who themselves are too young to be allowed to do it
  6. to trade in illicit drugs (or other illegal products), to deal

Usage notes

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Likely interpreted as a throwing metaphor by most native speakers in senses beside (sense 1), though (sense 2) is the original one.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of langa (weak)
active passive
infinitive langa langas
supine langat langats
imperative langa —
imper. plural1 langen —
present past present past
indicative langar langade langas langades
ind. plural1 langa langade langas langades
subjunctive2 lange langade langes langades
present participle langande
past participle langad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Anagrams

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