leng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "leng"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Adjective

leng (comparative lenger, superlative lengest)

1. Alternative form of peng (“attractive, excellent”).
   • 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 26:

     Sometimes she got comments on her selfies calling her ‘leng’, and that went some way to making her happy.

   • 2023, “Outside”, performed by Br3nya:

     I'm rolling with my G's and my gang gang / Every time I walk by, they say "leng leng"

Derived terms

• lengity

Related terms

• leng zai

Noun

leng (countable and uncountable, plural lengs)

1. Alternative form of peng (“attractive woman”).
   • 2017 December 1, Faultsz, “Raw to the Core”, in Raw to the Core‎^[1], 2:31–2:37:

     Hot gyal there, she look peng-peng-peng
     Wanna, come to my yard like when-when-when?
     I don't wanna hear no one chatting about leng
     Ten toes in your block manna get qweng

Anagrams

• Gen'l, glen, gen'l, Genl, Engl, Glen, NELG, Engl., genl

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German legen, from Old High German legen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”). Cognate with German legen, English lay.

Verb

leng (auxiliary håm)

1. (Luserna) to lay

Related terms

• leng å

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Molva molva

Etymology

Related to English ling, Old Norse langa. Likely derives from the same root as lang (“long”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛŋ/

• Audio:

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Noun

leng m (plural lengen, diminutive lengetje n)

1. common ling (Molva molva)

Further reading

• leng on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Hungarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛŋɡ]
• Hyphenation: leng
• Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Verb

leng

1. (intransitive) to swing, oscillate, sway, rock

Conjugation

Conjugation of leng

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	lengek	lengsz	leng	lengünk	lengtek	lengnek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	lengtem	lengtél	lengett	lengtünk	lengtetek	lengtek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. lengni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	lengék	lengél	lenge	lengénk	lengétek	lengének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. leng vala, lengett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	lengendek	lengendesz	lengend	lengendünk	lengendetek	lengendenek
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	lengnék	lengnél	lengne	lengnénk	lengnétek	lengnének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lengett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	lengjek	lengj or lengjél	lengjen	lengjünk	lengjetek	lengjenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lengett légyen
infinitive	lengni		lengnem	lengned	lengnie	lengnünk	lengnetek	lengniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	lengés		lengő	lengett	―	lengve (lengvén)

Potential conjugation of leng

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	lenghetek	lenghetsz	lenghet	lenghetünk	lenghettek	lenghetnek
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	lenghettem	lenghettél	lenghetett	lenghettünk	lenghettetek	lenghettek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	lengheték	lenghetél	lenghete	lengheténk	lenghetétek	lenghetének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lenghet vala, lenghetett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	lenghetendek or lengandhatok	lenghetendesz or lengandhatsz	lenghetend or lengandhat	lenghetendünk or lengandhatunk	lenghetendetek or lengandhattok	lenghetendenek or lengandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	lenghetnék	lenghetnél	lenghetne	lenghetnénk	lenghetnétek	lenghetnének
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lenghetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	lenghessek	lenghess or lenghessél	lenghessen	lenghessünk	lenghessetek	lenghessenek
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lenghetett légyen
infinitive	(lenghetni)		(lenghetnem)	(lenghetned)	(lenghetnie)	(lenghetnünk)	(lenghetnetek)	(lenghetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(lenghetve / lenghetvén)

Derived terms

• felleng (archaic) → fellengő(s), fellengző(s)
• lenge
• lengedez(ik)
• lenget

(With verbal prefixes):

• átleng
• beleng
• elleng
• kileng
• körülleng

Compound words

• teng-leng

Related terms

• lebeg
• lendít, lendül
• reng

Further reading

• leng in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Makasar

Etymology

From Dutch lijm (“glue”). Compare Indonesian lem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleŋ/, [ˈlẽŋ]
• Hyphenation: leng

Noun

leng (Lontara spelling ᨒᨙ)

1. glue

   Synonym: parakkaʼ

Compounds

• leng sapeda

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leŋ/
• Rhymes: -eŋ

Noun

leng (Jawi spelling ليݞ)

1. (units of measure) A traditional Malay unit of volume, equivalent to an imperial pint.

Further reading

• “leng” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

leng

1. Nonstandard spelling of lēng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of léng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lěng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lèng.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mochica

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leŋ/

Noun

leng

1. water

Synonyms

• là

References

• José Antonio Salas, Diccionario mochica-castellano, castellano-mochica (2002)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”). Confer Persian لنگ (leng, “lame; leg”), Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛŋɡ/

Adjective

leng (Arabic spelling لەنگ)

1. lame, limping

   Synonym: topal

2. (literal and figurative) awkward

Noun

leng m (Arabic spelling لەنگ)

1. Alternative form of ling (“leg; foot”)

Declension

Declension of leng

definite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	leng	leng
construct	lengê	lengên
oblique	lengî	lengan
demonstrative oblique	wî lengî	wan lengan
vocative	lengo	lengino
indefinite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	lengek	lengin
construct	lengekî	lengine
oblique	lengekî	lenginan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “leng I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 441
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “leng II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 441

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *langi, from Proto-Germanic *langiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lenj/, [lend͡ʒ]

Adverb

lenġ

1. longer (comparative degree of lange)
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Ash-Wednesday"

     Þā cwæð eall sēo meniu þe ðǣr mid stōd ofwundrod þæt sē cwellere ne sceolde swencan hī nā leng...

     Then said all the multitude who stood there astonished,that the executioner should vex her no longer,...

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:66

     Siþþan maniġe his leornungcneohta ċierdon onbæc and lenġ ne ēodon mid him.

     After that, many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian لنگ (lang).

Adjective

leng

1. lame
2. limping

Zou

Leng.

Noun

leng

1. pigeon

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45