longa
See also: long a
English
Etymology 1
From Australian Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.
Preposition
longa
- (Australian Aboriginal) Belnging to; of, in, at, to. [from 19th c.]
- 1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137:
- This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia.
- 2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook:
- He wait longa river.
- 1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137:
Synonyms
Etymology 2
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Noun
longa (plural longæ or longe or longas)
- (music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.
- Synonym: (U.S.) quadruple whole note
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
From English and French long, from Latin longus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
longa (accusative singular longan, plural longaj, accusative plural longajn)
- long
- 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 2:23.
- Post longa tempo mortis la reĝo de Egiptujo.
- After a long time the king of Egypt died.
- Post longa tempo mortis la reĝo de Egiptujo.
- Antonym: mallonga
- 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 2:23.
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
Adjective
longa
Antonyms
Derived terms
- longeskar (“to lengthen”, transitive verb)
- longigar (“to lengthen, elongate, prolong”, intransitive verb)
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
longa f pl
Italian
Adjective
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective longo.
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) longa
- nominative feminine singular of longus
- nominative neuter plural of longus
- accusative neuter plural of longus
- vocative feminine singular of longus
- vocative neuter plural of longus
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) longā
Noun
longa f (genitive longae); first declension
- (music) a long (British), quadruple whole note (US)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | longa | longae |
Genitive | longae | longārum |
Dative | longae | longīs |
Accusative | longam | longās |
Ablative | longā | longīs |
Vocative | longa | longae |
References
- longa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- longa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
- (ambiguous) to begin with a long syllable: oriri a longa (De Or. 1. 55. 236)
- (ambiguous) a man-of-war: navis longa
- (ambiguous) this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
Neapolitan
Adjective
longa f sg
Occitan
Adjective
longa
Portuguese
Etymology
From longo.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
longa
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective longo.
Derived terms
Noun
longa f (plural longas)
Noun
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- Clipping of longa-metragem.
Spanish
Noun
longa f (plural longas)
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