langa

See also: länga, långa, and lângă

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

  • luanga

Etymology

From Latin līngua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlanɡa/

Noun

langa f (plural lange)

  1. language
    langa dalmatunDalmatian language
  2. tongue

Gooniyandi

Noun

langa

  1. salt

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlauŋka/
    Rhymes: -auŋka

Etymology 1

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *langōną (to desire; long for), related to English long, German verlangen. More at long.

Verb

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

  1. (impersonal) to want
    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.
Usage notes
  • The person who wants to do something is in the accusative case and the verb is conjugated in the third-person singular. When you are referring to an object you want, langa í (to want, to have an appetite for something) is used. When you want to perform a verb, the verb langa is used.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value); compare Faroese longa.

Noun

langa f (genitive singular löngu, nominative plural löngur)

  1. ling (fish)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

langa m

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

Ilocano

Etymology

From Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga, sign; characteristic).

Noun

langá

  1. face; features; looks

Karelian

Etymology

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

Noun

langa

  1. yarn

Kriol

Etymology

From English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

Preposition

langa

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

Descendants

  • English: longa

Latin

Alternative forms

  • langūrus

Etymology

Maybe from Celtic.

Noun

langa f (genitive langae); first declension

  1. A kind of lizard

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

  • 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

Alternative forms

  • lānga (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lanka.

Noun

langa

  1. yarn

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

langa f

  1. definite singular of lange

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. Alternative form of lange

References

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *langōną.

Verb

langa

  1. to long for
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

langa f (genitive lǫngu)

  1. (zoology) ling
Declension
Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Faroese: longa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lange
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lange, longe

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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

References

  • langa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *langōną.

Verb

langa

  1. to long for

Conjugation

Descendants

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • launa (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter)
  • làna (Sutsilvan)
  • lana (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

langa f

  1. (Surmiran) wool

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German langen.

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

See also

References

Anagrams

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