leng
See also: Appendix:Variations of "leng"
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛŋ
Adjective
leng (comparative lenger, superlative lengest)
- Alternative form of peng (“attractive, excellent”).
- 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 26:
- Sometimes she got comments on her selfies calling her ‘leng’, and that went some way to making her happy.
- 2023, “Outside”, performed by Br3nya:
- I'm rolling with my G's and my gang gang / Every time I walk by, they say "leng leng"
Derived terms
- lengity
Related terms
Noun
leng (countable and uncountable, plural lengs)
- Alternative form of peng (“attractive woman”).
- 2017 December 1, Faultsz (lyrics and music), “Raw to the Core”, in Raw to the Core, 2:31–2:37:
- Hot gyal there, she look peng-peng-peng
Wanna, come to my yard like when-when-when?
I don't wanna hear no one chatting about leng
Ten toes in your block manna get qweng
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German legen, from Old High German legen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”). Cognate with German legen, English lay.
Related terms
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Hungarian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛŋɡ]
- Hyphenation: leng
- Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ
Conjugation
conjugation of leng
1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | lengek | lengsz | leng | lengünk | lengtek | lengnek |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | lengtem | lengtél | lengett | lengtünk | lengtetek | lengtek | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lengnék | lengnél | lengne | lengnénk | lengnétek | lengnének |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | lengjek | lengj or lengjél |
lengjen | lengjünk | lengjetek | lengjenek |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | lengni | lengnem | lengned | lengnie | lengnünk | lengnetek | lengniük | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
lengés | lengő | lengett | ― | lengve | lenghet |
References
- leng in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Further reading
- leng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leŋ/
- Rhymes: -eŋ
Noun
leng (Jawi spelling ليݞ, informal 1st possessive lengku, 2nd possessive lengmu, 3rd possessive lengnya)
- (units of measure) A traditional Malay unit of volume, equivalent to an imperial pint.
Further reading
- “leng” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mandarin
Romanization
leng
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Mochica
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leŋ/
Synonyms
References
- José Antonio Salas, Diccionario mochica-castellano, castellano-mochica (2002)
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”). Confer Persian لنگ (leng, “lame; leg”), Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛŋɡ/
Adjective
leng (Arabic spelling لەنگ)
Declension
Declension of leng
Definite masculine gender | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Case | Singular | Plural | ||
Nominative | leng | leng | ||
Construct | lengê | lengên | ||
Oblique | lengî | lengan | ||
Demonstrative oblique | wî lengî | wan lengan | ||
Vocative | lengo | lengino | ||
Indefinite masculine gender | ||||
Case | Singular | Plural | ||
Nominative | lengek | lengin | ||
Construct | lengekî | lengine | ||
Oblique | lengekî | lenginan |
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “leng I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 441
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “leng II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 441
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *langi, from Proto-Germanic *langiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lenj/, [lend͡ʒ]
Adverb
lenġ
- longer (comparative degree of lange)
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:66
- Siþþan maniġe his leornungcneohta ċierdon onbæc and lenġ ne ēodon mid him.
- After that, many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:66
Zou

Leng.
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.