lende

See also: Lende, lēndē, and lëndë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• lend m — dialectal, earlier form
• len, land — Gheg
• lënde, lëndë — Tosk
• linde — Gjirokastër
• lëndre — Arvanitika
• vlendë — dialectal

Etymology

Uncertain. The original form was likely lend m and lende arose as a back-formation from its plural. The variant with vl- is almost certainly secondary.

1. Akin to other Indo-European terms for “lentil”, such as Latin lēns, lentis, Lithuanian lę̃šis, German Linse, though the ultimate origin is unclear.
2. Borrowed from Vulgar Latin glāns, glandis (“acorn”), whence actually gjëndër (“gland”), although the initial l- would be left unexplained.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlende/
• Rhymes: -ende

Noun

lende f (plural lende, definite lendja, definite plural lendet)

1. acorn

   Synonym: gogël

2. cone (conifer fruit)

   Synonym: boçe

References

• “lénd/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980, page 963b
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “lênd […] lênde”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 241a
• Chekrezi, C. A. (1923), “acorn”, in English–Albanian Dictionary, Boston, page 2a
• Leotti, Angelo (1916), “len”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 110
• Weigand, Gustav (1914), “len”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 47a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904), “λϳε̯νdε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikón tís Alvanikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens, page 203
• Jungg, G. (1895), “lenn”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 68b
• Rossi, F. (1875), “lènd”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 731ab
• Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 29: “glans, ghianda — lend”

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: len‧de

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lenden, from Old Dutch lendin, from Proto-Germanic *landį̄.

Noun

lende f (plural lenden or lendenen, diminutive lendetje n)

1. loin, bottom part of the back
2. flank, side

Derived terms

• kruislenden
• lamlenden
• lamlendig
• langlenden
• lendenader
• lendenband
• lendenbloed
• lendendarm
• lendendarmspier
• lendendoek
• lendengedeelte
• lendengeschot
• lendengordel
• lendenkruid
• lendenkruis
• lendenkussen
• lendenlam
• lendenloos
• lendenmerg
• lendenpijn
• lendenrekking
• lendenslagader
• lendenslepend
• lendenspier
• lendensteen
• lendenstreek
• lendenstuk
• lendentyphus
• lendenvang
• lendenvlecht
• lendenvlees
• lendenvuur
• lendenwater
• lendenwee
• lendenwervel
• lendenwervelkolom
• lendenwortel
• lendenzak
• lendenzenuw
• lendenziekte
• lendenzucht
• lendenzweer
• osselende
• slaplende
• sleeplende

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lende
• Skepi Creole Dutch: lent

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch lende, shortening of *gelende, an unattested variant form of gelande, from lant (“land”).

Noun

lende m (plural lenden or lendenen, diminutive lendetje n)

1. fellow countryman
2. (close) neighbour

Synonyms

• aangelande
• gebuur, buur

Anagrams

• delen, leden

Estonian

Noun

lende

1. partitive plural of lend

   Synonym: lendusid

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English lendenu, lendino pl, from Proto-Germanic *landijō, *landį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.

Cognate with Dutch lendenen pl (“loins”), German Lende (“haunch, loin”), Swedish länd (“haunch, loin”), Icelandic lend (“loin”). More at loin.

Alternative forms

• leend, leende, lynde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːnd(ə)/, /ˈlɛnd(ə)/

Noun

lende (plural lendes or lenden or lende)

1. (often in the plural) The (human) loins or their muscles.
2. The bottom portion of the torso.
3. The buttocks; the bottom.
4. (rare) The kidneys.

Descendants

• English: lend
• Scots: lend, leynd

References

• “lē̆nd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

lende

1. alternative form of lenden (“to come, to dwell”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lɛndə/, /²lɛnːə/

Noun

lende n (definite singular lendet, indefinite plural lende, definite plural lenda)

1. terrain

References

• “lende” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.