Cebuano

Noun

lunga

1. The plant Sesamum indicum.
2. sesame seed

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô ‎(“lung”, literally “the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- ‎(“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Faroese and Swedish lunga, Danish and Norwegian lunge, Dutch long, German Lunge, English lung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluŋka/
• Rhymes: -uŋka

Noun

lunga n ‎(genitive singular lunga, nominative plural lungu)

1. lung

Declension

Anagrams

• gulna

Italian

Adjective

lunga f

1. feminine singular of lungo

Noun

lunga f ‎(plural lunghe)

1. (linguistics, phonetics) long

See also

• di gran lunga

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lungen

Noun

lunga m, f

1. definite feminine singular of lunge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lunga f

1. definite singular of lunge

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lunge, from Proto-Germanic *lungw- ‎(literally “the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- ‎(“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Danish and Norwegian lunge, Icelandic lunga, German Lunge, lung.

Noun

lunga c

1. (anatomy) a lung (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)

Declension

Related terms

Anagrams

• gulna
• lugna

References

• lunga in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)