linga

linga (plural lingas)

1. Alternative form of lingam.

• Gilan, Glina, Laing, Langi, Liang, algin, align, ganil, liang, ligan

• Hyphenation: li‧nga

linga

1. an evergreen shrub, Mahonia philippinensis

linga

1. to engross

linga

1. inattentive

lingá

1. sesame seed

From Zulu -linga, from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

linga

1. to try, to attempt

linga m (plural lingas)

1. alternative spelling of lingam

• lingam

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga, “sign, mark; penis”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -inɡa
• Hyphenation: lìn‧ga

linga m (invariable)

1. (Shaivism) lingam

• linga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Bantu *-dɪ́nga or *-dɪ̀nga?”).

-linga (infinitive kolinga)

1. to need
2. to love
3. to desire; to want

From English ring.

linga

1. ring

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

• Audio (Kenya):

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-linga (infinitive kulinga)

1. to compare, to match

   kulinga nguo ― to try on clothes

Conjugation of -linga
Positive present -nalinga Subjunctive -linge Negative -lingi Imperative singular linga
Infinitives
Positive kulinga Negative kutolinga
Imperatives
Singular linga Plural lingeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulinga Positive past positive subject concord + -lilinga Negative past negative subject concord + -kulinga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalinga) Singular Plural 1st person ninalinga/nalinga tunalinga 2nd person unalinga mnalinga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analinga wanalinga other classes positive subject concord + -nalinga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lingi) Singular Plural 1st person silingi hatulingi 2nd person hulingi hamlingi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halingi hawalingi other classes negative subject concord + -lingi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talinga Negative future negative subject concord + -talinga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -linge) Singular Plural 1st person nilinge tulinge 2nd person ulinge mlinge 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alinge walinge other classes positive subject concord + -linge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silinge Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelinga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelinga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilinga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilinga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alinga) Singular Plural 1st person nalinga twalinga 2nd person walinga mwalinga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alinga walinga m-mi(III/IV) walinga yalinga ji-ma(V/VI) lalinga yalinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalinga vyalinga n(IX/X) yalinga zalinga u(XI) walinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalinga pa(XVI) palinga mu(XVIII) mwalinga
Perfect positive subject concord + -melinga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalinga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalinga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilinga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolinga Consecutive kalinga / positive subject concord + -kalinga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalinge
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nilinga -tulinga 2nd person -kulinga -walinga/-kulingeni/-walingeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlinga -walinga m-mi(III/IV) -ulinga -ilinga ji-ma(V/VI) -lilinga -yalinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilinga -vilinga n(IX/X) -ilinga -zilinga u(XI) -ulinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kulinga pa(XVI) -palinga mu(XVIII) -mulinga Reflexive -jilinga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -linga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -lingaye -lingao m-mi(III/IV) -lingao -lingayo ji-ma(V/VI) -lingalo -lingayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lingacho -lingavyo n(IX/X) -lingayo -lingazo u(XI) -lingao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -lingako pa(XVI) -lingapo mu(XVIII) -lingamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -linga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelinga -olinga m-mi(III/IV) -olinga -yolinga ji-ma(V/VI) -lolinga -yolinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholinga -vyolinga n(IX/X) -yolinga -zolinga u(XI) -olinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolinga pa(XVI) -polinga mu(XVIII) -molinga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Reciprocal: -lingana (“to be equal, to be similar”)

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

-línga

1. to try, to tempt, to test

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋa. Compare Bikol Central lunga, Cebuano lunga, Ilocano lengnga, Ibanag langa, Maranao lenga, and Tausug lunga.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈŋa/ [lɪˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: li‧nga

lingá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅ)

1. sesame

   Synonyms: sesame, linasa, ahonholi, tartago

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈŋaʔ/ [lɪˈŋaʔ], /ˈliŋaʔ/ [ˈliː.ŋɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ, -iŋaʔ
• Syllabification: li‧nga

lingâ or lingà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅ)

1. looking sideways, from left to right (as in searching for something or someone)

   Synonym: pagpapalingon-lingon

2. (obsolete) act of tilting one's head
3. (obsolete) act of swerving to the one side
4. (obsolete) wobbling from side to side (especially of a boat)

   Synonym: linggatong

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liŋa (“negligence, inattentiveness”). Compare Aklanon linga (“challenged hearing”), Cebuano linga (“split attention”).

lingâ or lingà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅ) (obsolete)

1. forgetful
2. half-deaf

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈliŋa/ [ˈliː.ŋɐ]
• Rhymes: -iŋa
• Syllabification: li‧nga

linga (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅ) (obsolete)

1. act of unravelling something

Borrowed from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga, “sign, mark; phallus”). Compare Malay lingga (“stone memorial”). Doublet of linggam.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈŋa/ [lɪˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: li‧nga

lingá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅ) (obsolete)

1. lingam (as a kind of idol)

• “linga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎^[3], la Faculté de médecine, A. Davy
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 288

• Aling, laing, angil, aling, ilang

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

-línga

1. to try, to attempt

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

-lînga

1. (transitive) to try, to attempt
2. (transitive) to test, to tempt
3. (transitive) to do magic tricks

• -lingisa

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “linga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “linga (3.9)”