# lenga
## English
### Etymology

From Mapudungun lenga, via Spanish.

### Noun

lenga (plural lengas)
* A deciduous tree native to the southern Andes, taxonomic name Nothofagus pumilio.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* -angle, Angel, Angle, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, angle, genal, glean

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay lenga (“sesame”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lə.ˈŋa/
* Rhymes: -ŋa
* Hyphenation: lê‧nga

### Noun

lênga (plural lenga-lenga)
* sesame, Sesamum indicum
    Synonyms: bijan, sesam, wijen

### Further reading

* “lenga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

lenga
* Romanization of ꦊꦔ

## Kituba
### Verb

lenga
* to tremble

## Lingala
### Verb

lenga
* to shake, to shiver

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa. Cognate with Tagalog linga, Cebuano lunga, Rade ênga and Tetum lena. Compare also Proto-Tai *r.ŋaːᴬ (“sesame”) (whence Thai งา (ngaa)) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaaʔ ~ *lŋawʔ (“sesame”) (whence Khmer ល្ង (lngɔɔ)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ləŋa/, /leŋa/
* Rhymes: -ŋa, -a

### Noun

lenga (Jawi spelling لڠا or ليڠا, plural lenga-lenga, informal 1st possessive lengaku, 2nd possessive lengamu, 3rd possessive lenganya)
* sesame, Sesamum indicum
    Synonyms: bijan, ginjili, til

#### Derived terms

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* minyak lenga

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: lenga

### Further reading

* “lenga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maranao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋa.

### Noun

lenga
* sesame

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* (Provence) lengo, lenguo
* (Gascony) lengua
* (Limousin) linga

### Etymology

From Old Occitan lengua, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleŋ.ɡo̞/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lenga f (plural lengas)
* (anatomy) the tongue
* a language

#### Related terms

* lengatge

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish lengua and Portuguese língua and Kabuverdianu lingua, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

### Noun

lenga
* tongue
* language

## Piedmontese
### Etymology

From Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛŋɡa/

### Noun

lenga f (plural lenghe)
* tongue
* language

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Mapudungun lenga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlenɡa/ [ˈlẽŋ.ɡa]
* Rhymes: -enɡa
* Syllabification: len‧ga

### Noun

lenga f (plural lengas)
* lenga (tree)
* lenga beech

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-lenga (infinitive kulenga)
* to aim, to aim at
* to slice

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -lenga :
| Positive present | -nalenga |
| Subjunctive | -lenge |
| Negative | -lengi |
| Imperative singular | lenga |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kulenga |
| Negative | kutolenga |
Imperatives :
| Singular | lenga |
| Plural | lengeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hulenga |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lilenga |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kulenga |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -talenga |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -talenga |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -silenge |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngelenga |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singelenga |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalilenga |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalilenga |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -melenga |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshalenga |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jalenga |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kilenga |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipolenga |
| Consecutive | kalenga / positive subject concord + -kalenga |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kalenge |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Nominal derivations:
** lengo (“target, objective”)

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dénga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [leːᵑɡ̊a̤]

### Verb

-lenga
* to hang

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dénga.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /leːnɡa/

### Verb

-lenga
* (intransitive) to dangle, to hang

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lenga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lenga (6.3)”