longa

See also: long a

English

Etymology 1

From Australian Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

Preposition

longa

1. (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.

Synonyms

• la
• 'long

Etymology 2

longa, in musical notation

From Latin longa.

Noun

longa (plural longæ or longe or longas)

1. (music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.

   Synonym: (U.S.) quadruple whole note

Anagrams

• -gonal, Anglo, Anglo-, Golan, Logan, NALGO, along, anglo, anglo-, logan

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Esperanto

Etymology

From English and French long, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlonɡa/
• Hyphenation: lon‧ga

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• Rhymes: -onɡa

Adjective

longa (accusative singular longan, plural longaj, accusative plural longajn)

1. 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.

   Antonym: mallonga

Derived terms

• longiĝi
• longtempa

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto longa.

Adjective

longa

1. long

Antonyms

• kurta

Derived terms

• longeskar (“to lengthen”, transitive verb)
• longigar (“to lengthen, elongate, prolong”, intransitive verb)

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈl̪ˠɔŋə], [ˈl̪ˠɔŋɡə], [ˈl̪ˠʊŋə], [ˈl̪ˠʊŋɡə]

Noun

longa f pl

1. nominative plural of long
2. vocative plural of long
3. dative plural of long

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Italian

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective longo.

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) longa

1. nominative feminine singular of longus
2. nominative neuter plural of longus
3. accusative neuter plural of longus
4. vocative feminine singular of longus
5. vocative neuter plural of longus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) longā

1. ablative feminine singular of longus

Noun

longa f (genitive longae); first declension

1. (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
    

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Neapolitan

Adjective

longa f sg

1. feminine singular of luongo

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Occitan

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of long

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Portuguese

Etymology

From longo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlõ.ɡɐ/

Adjective

longa

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective longo.

Derived terms

• longa-duração
• longa-metragem

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

1. (grammar) long syllable
2. (music) long (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)

Noun

1. Clipping of longa-metragem.

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Spanish

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

1. (music) longa