longa

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

longa

1. (Australian Aboriginal) Belnging to; of, in, at, to. [from 19th c.]
   • 1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137:

     This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia.

   • 2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook:

     He wait longa river.

• la
• 'long

longa, in musical notation

From Latin longa.

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.)

• -gonal, Anglo, Anglo-, Golan, Logan, NALGO, along, anglo, anglo-, logan

From English and French long, from Latin longus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlonɡa/
• Hyphenation: lon‧ga

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• Rhymes: -onɡa

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.

   Antonym: mallonga

• longiĝi
• longtempa

From Esperanto longa.

longa

1. long

• kurta

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

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

longa f pl

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

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

longa f (genitive longae); first declension

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

First declension.

• 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
    

longa f sg

1. feminine singular of luongo

From longo.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlõ.ɡɐ/

longa

1. Feminine singular of adjective longo.

• longa-duração
• longa-metragem

longa f (plural longas)

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

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

1. Clipping of longa-metragem.

longa f (plural longas)

1. (music) longa