língua

See also: lingua

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lingua (“tongue, language”), from Latin lingua (“tongue, language”), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā (“tongue”), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).

Cognate with Galician lingua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, Occitan lenga, French langue, Italian lingua and Romanian limbă.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ĩɡwɐ
  • Hyphenation: lín‧gua

Noun

língua f (plural línguas)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language
    Synonym: idioma
    Língua portuguesa
    Portuguese language
    O inglês é a minha segunda língua.
    English is my second language.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:língua.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Angolar: lunga
  • Annobonese: lunga
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: lingu, lingua
  • Indo-Portuguese: lingo, légo, leagou
  • Kabuverdianu: lingua
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: ling
  • Macanese: língu
  • Principense: lunge
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