longa
See also: long a
English
Preposition
longa
- (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.
- 1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137:
Noun
longa (plural longæ or longe or longas)
- (music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.
- Synonym: (U.S.) quadruple whole note
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlonɡa/
- Hyphenation: lon‧ga
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -onɡa
Adjective
longa (accusative singular longan, plural longaj, accusative plural longajn)
- 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
- 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 2:23.
Derived terms
- longiĝi
- longtempa
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔŋka/
- Rhymes: -ɔŋka
Declension
Declension of longa | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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
Ido
Antonyms
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈl̪ˠɔŋə], [ˈl̪ˠɔŋɡə], [ˈl̪ˠʊŋə], [ˈl̪ˠʊŋɡə]
Italian
Kituba
Latin
Adjective
longa
- inflection of longus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Noun
longa f (genitive longae); first declension
- (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 |
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, 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
- (ambiguous) this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
Neapolitan
Norwegian Nynorsk
Occitan
Portuguese
Etymology
From longo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlõ.ɡɐ/
- Hyphenation: lon‧ga
Derived terms
- longa-duração
- longa-metragem
Noun
longa f (plural longas)
Spanish
Further reading
- “longo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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