leng

leng

See also: Leng, léng, lèng, lēng, lëng, and lěng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛŋ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Adjective

leng (comparative lenger, superlative lengest)

1. Alternative form of peng (“attractive, excellent”)

Derived terms

• lengity

Noun

leng (countable and uncountable, plural lengs)

1. 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

Anagrams

• Glen, NELG, gen'l, glen

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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.

Verb

leng (auxiliary håm)

1. (Luserna) to lay

Related terms

• leng å

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

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Hungarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛŋɡ]
• Hyphenation: leng
• Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Verb

leng

1. (intransitive) to swing, oscillate, sway, rock

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

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• átleng
• beleng
• elleng
• kileng
• körülleng

Compound words

• teng-leng

 

References

1. leng in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / ELKH Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary).

Further reading

• leng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Mandarin

Romanization

leng

1. Nonstandard spelling of lēng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of léng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lěng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lèng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mochica

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leŋ/

Noun

leng

1. water

Synonyms

• là

References

• José Antonio Salas, Diccionario mochica-castellano, castellano-mochica (2002)

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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)

1. lame, limping

   Synonym: topal

2. (literally and figurative) awkward

Noun

leng m (Arabic spelling لەنگ‎)

1. Alternative form of ling (“leg; foot”)

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

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *langi, from Proto-Germanic *langiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lenj/, [lend͡ʒ]

Adverb

lenġ

1. longer (comparative degree of lange)

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Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian لنگ‎ (lang).

Adjective

leng

1. lame
2. limping

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Zou

Leng.

Noun

leng

1. pigeon

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45