langa

From English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

langa

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

• → English: longa

• luanga

From Latin lingua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlanɡa/

langa f (plural lange)

1. language

   langa dalmatun ― Dalmatian language

2. tongue

langa

1. salt

langa

1. ear

• Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlauŋka/, [ˈlɐwŋkɐ]

  Rhymes: -auŋka

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.

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

1. (impersonal) to cause to want, to make feel like [with accusative ‘someone’, along with í (+ accusative) ‘something’ or að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated as "want, feel like" with the accusative object as the subject)

   Synonym: vilja

   Mig langar í hest!

   I want a horse!

   Langar þig í hest?

   Do you want a horse?

   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.

2. to crave, to have a hankering for

   Synonyms: þrá, girnast

• langa til

From Old Norse langa; compare Faroese longa.

langa f (genitive singular löngu, nominative plural löngur)

1. ling (fish)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

langa m

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

From Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga, “sign; characteristic”).

langá

1. face; features; looks

From Old Norse langa; compare Scottish Gaelic langa.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaŋɡə/^[2]

langa m (genitive singular langa, nominative plural langaí)

1. common ling (Molva molva)

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “langa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 418
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “langa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Regional variants of langa

North Karelian (Viena)	lanka
South Karelian (Tver)	langa

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑŋɡɑ/
• Hyphenation: lan‧ga

langa (genitive langan, partitive langua)

1. (South Karelian) yarn (fiber strand for knitting or weaving)
2. (South Karelian) thread

Tver Karelian declension of langa (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	langa	langat
genitive	langan	langoin
partitive	langua	langoida
illative	langah	langoih
inessive	langašša	langoissa
elative	langašta	langoista
adessive	langalla	langoilla
ablative	langalda	langoilda
translative	langakši	langoiksi
essive	langana	langoina
comitative	langanke	langoinke
abessive	langatta	langoitta

Possessive forms of langa
1st person	langani
2nd person	langaš
3rd person	langah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “langa”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

• langūrus

Maybe from Celtic.

langa f (genitive langae); first declension

1. A kind of lizard

First-declension noun.

• “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.

• lānga (Courland)

From Proto-Finnic *lanka.

langa

1. yarn

• langen m

langa f

1. definite singular of lange

langa f (definite singular langa, indefinite plural langer or langor, definite plural langene or langone)

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

langa (present tense langar, past tense langa, past participle langa, passive infinitive langast, present participle langande, imperative langa/lang)

1. alternative form of lange

• “langa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• galna

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑn.ɡɑ/, [ˈlɑŋ.ɡɑ]

langa

1. inflection of lang:
   1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
   2. weak nominative masculine singular

From Proto-Germanic *langōną.

langa

1. to long for

• Icelandic: langa
• Old Swedish: langa

Probably related to langr (“long”), in reference to its length.^[1][2] Compare Dutch leng.

langa f (genitive lǫngu)

1. (zoology) ling

• Icelandic: langa
• Faroese: longa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lange
• Norwegian Bokmål: lange, longe
• → Irish: langa
• → Scottish Gaelic: langa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “langa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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

langa

1. to long for

• Swedish: långa (archaic)

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

From Latin lāna.

langa f

1. (Surmiran) wool

From Old Norse langa; compare Irish langa.^[1]

• (Lewis, Harris, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠãɣa/^[2], /ˈl̪ˠãɣə/^[3][4][5]
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaŋɡə/^[6]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaŋɡʌ/^[7]

langa m (plural langannan)

1. common ling (Molva molva)

Borrowed from German langen.

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

2. (often with a particle like fram, in, ner, upp, or hit) to toss, to sling (throw with a swinging motion)
4. (often with hit) to give, to hand over (something to someone)

   Langa hit jordnötterna!

   "Toss" me the peanuts!

5. to buy liquor on behalf of youngsters who themselves are too young to be allowed to do it
6. to trade in illicit drugs (or other illegal products), to deal

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

• langare
• langning

• köpa ut

• langa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• langa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• langa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• galan, galna