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) Belonging 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 longae or longe or longas)

1. (music) A musical note equal to two (or occasionally three) breves or whole notes.

   Synonyms: (US, two breves) quadruple whole note, (US, three breves, rare) sextuple whole note

Anagrams

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From English and French long, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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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

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse langa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔŋka/
• Rhymes: -ɔŋka

Noun

longa f (genitive singular longu, plural longur)

1. ling (fish)
2. common ling

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	longa	longan	longur	longurnar
accusative	longu	longuna	longur	longurnar
dative	longu	longuni	longum	longunum
genitive	longu	longunnar	longa	longanna

Derived terms

• blálonga
• vaðanslonga

 

Galician

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of longo

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)

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

Italian

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of longo

Anagrams

• Anglo, Golan, anglo, anglo-, gnola, lagno, lagnò

Kituba

Verb

longa

1. to advise

Latin

Adjective

longa

1. inflection of longus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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.

	singular	plural
nominative	longa	longae
genitive	longae	longārum
dative	longae	longīs
accusative	longam	longās
ablative	longā	longīs
vocative	longa	longae

Descendants

• → English: longa

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
    

Lingala

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀ng (“be correct, suit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo˩.ⁿɡa˩/

Verb

-longa (infinitive kolonga)

1. suit
2. marry, take in marriage

See also

• lónga

References

• Ashem Tem Kawata (2004) Dictionnaire lingala-falansé et français-lingala (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN , page 141.

Neapolitan

Adjective

longa f sg

1. feminine singular of luongo

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

longa f

1. definite singular of longe

Anagrams

• logna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

longa f (definite singular longa, indefinite plural longer or longor, definite plural longene or longone)

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

Anagrams

• logna, ongla

Occitan

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of long

Portuguese

Etymology

From longo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlõ.ɡɐ/

• Hyphenation: lon‧ga

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of 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

longa (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural longas)

1. Clipping of longa-metragem.

Sicilian

Adjective

longa

1. feminine singular of longu

Spanish

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

1. (music) longa

Adjective

longa f

1. feminine singular of longo

Further reading

• “longo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10