lansa

Borrowed from Spanish lancha, from Portuguese lancha, from Malay lancar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlansa/ [ˈl̪an̪.s̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: lan‧sa

lánsa (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

1. launch; large, open motorboat

lánsa (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

1. to travel by launch

• bangka
• yate

• lansi

From Danish lanse, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea, from Iberian or Celtiberian. Cognate of English lance and launch.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlan̥.sa/

lansa f (genitive singular lansu, plural lansur)

1. lance

From Portuguese lançar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu lansa.

lansa

1. to throw
2. to launch

From Portuguese lançar.

lansa

1. to throw
2. to launch

• lansen

lansa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lanse

• lansen

lansa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lanse

From Latin lancea.

lansa f (oblique plural lansas, nominative singular lansa, nominative plural lansas)

1. lance (medieval weapon)

• Occitan: lança

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lancea”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 151

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaŋsa/

lansa f

1. lance, spear

• “lansa” in Grande Dizionario Piemontese Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication.

Borrowed from French lancer.

• IPA^(key): /lanˈsa/

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a lansa (third-person singular present lansează, past participle lansat) 1st conjugation

1. to pitch
2. to launch

• arunca

• “lansa”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

From Proto-Philippine *laŋsa (“odor of fish, blood”), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋ(ə)si (“fishy smell”), from Proto-Austronesian *laŋ(ə)si (“unpleasant odor”). Compare Bikol Central langsi, Aklanon eangsa, Cebuano langsa, and Maranao langensa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lanˈsa/ [lɐn̪ˈsa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: lan‧sa

lansá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

1. characteristic fishy odor or taste

   Synonym: amoy-isda

2. viscous substance covering the fish
3. characteristic smell of blood (perceived as similar to a fishy smell)
4. (figurative) obscenity

   Synonyms: laswa, kalaswaan, kabastusan

• langsa — obsolete

• gilik

Borrowed from Spanish lanza, from Old Spanish lança, from Latin lancea, of Celtiberian origin.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlansa/ [ˈlan̪.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: lan‧sa

lansa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

1. lance; spear

   Synonym: sibat

• “lansa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laŋ(e)si”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• alsan