língua
Meaning
- (feminine) tongue
- (feminine) language
Frequency
Hyphenated as
lín‧gua
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/
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.
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Leva 👋 em conta as principais variantes territoriais da língua 👅 e é completamente configurável.
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👅
It takes into account the main territorial variants of the language and is completely configurable.
