lenha

Portuguese

lenha

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lenna (“firewood”), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (“firewood”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-no (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ- (“to gather”). Cognate with Galician leña, Spanish leña, Catalan llenya, Occitan lenha, Romanian lemn and Italian legna.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɲɐ/, /ˈlej.ɲɐ/, /ˈlɐ.ɲɐ/, /ˈlɐj.ɲɐ/
Hyphenation: le‧nha

Noun

lenha f (plural lenhas)

firewood

Related terms

lenhador
lenheiro

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