língua

See also: lingua

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lingua, lingoa, lengua, lengoa (“tongue, language”), from Latin lingua (“tongue, language”), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā (“tongue”), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).

Cognate with Galician lingua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, Occitan lenga, French langue, Italian lingua and Romanian limbă.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/

Noun

língua f (plural línguas)

(anatomy) tongue
language

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:língua.

Synonyms

idioma

Related terms

Descendants

Angolar: lunga
Annobonese: lunga
Guinea-Bissau Creole: lingu, lingua
Indo-Portuguese: lingo, légo, leagou
Kabuverdianu: lingua
Korlai Creole Portuguese: ling
Macanese: língu
Principense: lunge

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