longa

See also: long a

English

Etymology 1

From Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

Preposition

longa

  1. (Australian Aboriginal) on, in, at, to
    • 2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook
      He wait longa river.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

longa, in musical notation

From Latin longa.

Noun

longa (plural longæ or longe or longas)

  1. (music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.
    Synonym: quadruple whole note (U.S.)

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From English and French long, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlonɡa/
  • Hyphenation: lon‧ga
  • Rhymes: -onɡa

Adjective

longa (accusative singular longan, plural longaj, accusative plural longajn)

  1. 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.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto longa.

Adjective

longa

  1. long

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • longeskar (“to lengthen”, transitive verb)
  • longigar (“to lengthen, elongate, prolong”, intransitive verb)

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈl̪ˠɔŋə], [ˈl̪ˠɔŋɡə], [ˈl̪ˠʊŋə], [ˈl̪ˠʊŋɡə]

Noun

longa f pl

  1. nominative plural of long
  2. vocative plural of long
  3. dative plural of long

Latin

Adjective

longa

  1. nominative feminine singular of longus
  2. nominative neuter plural of longus
  3. accusative neuter plural of longus
  4. vocative feminine singular of longus
  5. vocative neuter plural of longus

longā

  1. ablative feminine singular of longus

Noun

longa f (genitive longae); first declension

  1. (music) a long (British), quadruple whole note (US)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative longa longae
genitive longae longārum
dative longae longīs
accusative longam longās
ablative longā longīs
vocative longa longae

References

  • longa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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

Neapolitan

Adjective

longa f sg

  1. feminine singular of luongo

Portuguese

Etymology

From longo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

longa

  1. Feminine singular of adjective longo.

Derived terms

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

  1. (grammar) long syllable
  2. (music) long (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)

Noun

longa f (Portugal) or m (Brazil) (plural longas)

  1. Clipping of longa-metragem.

Spanish

Noun

longa f (plural longas)

  1. (music) longa
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