langa

See also: länga, långa, and lângă

Dalmatian

Alternative forms
  • luanga

Etymology

From Latin līngua.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaŋɡa/

Noun

langa f (plural lange)

  1. language
    langa dalmata ― Dalmatian language
  2. tongue

Gooniyandi

Noun

langa

  1. salt

Icelandic

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

Etymology 1

From Old Norse langa (“to long for; desire”), 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

Noun

langa f (genitive singular löngu, nominative plural löngur)

  1. ling (fish)
Declension
declension of langa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative langa langan löngur löngurnar
accusative löngu lönguna löngur löngurnar
dative löngu löngunni löngum löngunum
genitive löngu löngunnar langa langanna
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

langa m

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

Kriol

Etymology

From English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

Preposition

langa

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

Latin

Alternative forms
  • langūrus

Etymology

Maybe from Celtic.

Noun

langa f (genitive langae); first declension

  1. A kind of lizard

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative langa langae
Genitive langae langārum
Dative langae langīs
Accusative langam langās
Ablative langā langīs
Vocative langa langae

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
  • (Courland) lānga

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lanka.

Noun

langa

  1. yarn

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse langa, from Proto-Germanic *langōną.

Verb

langa

  1. to long for

Conjugation
Conjugation of langa (weak)
present past
infinitive langa —
participle langandi, -e langaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk langar langi, -e — langaþi, -e langaþi, -e
þū langar langi, -e langa langaþi, -e langaþi, -e
han langar langi, -e — langaþi, -e langaþi, -e
vīr langum, -om langum, -om langum, -om langaþum, -om langaþum, -om
īr langin langin langin langaþin langaþin
þēr langa langin — langaþu, -o langaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk — — — — —
þū — — — — —
han — — — — —
vīr — — — — —
īr — — — — —
þēr — — — — —

Descendants

Romansch

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

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

langa f

  1. (Surmiran) wool

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German langen.

Verb

langa (present langar, preterite langade, supine langat, imperative langa)

  1. to throw or give something to someone
  2. (slang) to buy liquor on behalf of youngsters who themselves are too young to be allowed to do it

Conjugation
Conjugation of langa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive langa langas
Present tense langar langas
Past tense langade langades
Supine langat langats
Imperative langa —
Present participle langande
Past participle langad
  • langare
  • langning
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