langa

• luanga

From Latin līngua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlanɡa/

langa f (plural lange)

1. language

   langa dalmatun ― Dalmatian language

2. tongue

langa

1. salt

• IPA^(key): /ˈlauŋka/

  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 want

   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.

• The person who wants to do something is in the accusative case and the verb is conjugated in the third-person singular. When you are referring to an object you want, langa í (“to want, to have an appetite for something”) is used. When you want to perform a verb, the verb langa is used.

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

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

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

From English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

langa

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

• → English: longa

• 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

From Proto-Germanic *langōną.

langa

1. to long for

• Icelandic: langa
• Old Swedish: langa

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

• “langa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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]

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaŋkə/

langa m (plural langannan)

1. common ling (Molva molva)

Borrowed from German langen.

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

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

   Langa hit jordnötterna!

   "Toss" me the peanuts!

3. to buy liquor on behalf of youngsters who themselves are too young to be allowed to do it
4. 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