lansa

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See also: länsa

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lancha, from Portuguese lancha, from Malay lancar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lanˈsa/
  • Hyphenation: lan‧sa

Noun

lansá (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. launch; large, open motorboat

Verb

lansá (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. to travel by launch

See also

Faroese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Danish lanse, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea, from Iberian or Celtiberian. Cognate of English lance and launch.

Pronunciation

Noun

lansa f (genitive singular lansu, plural lansur)

  1. lance

Declension

Declension of lansa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lansa lansan lansur lansurnar
accusative lansu lansuna lansur lansurnar
dative lansu lansuni lansum lansunum
genitive lansu lansunnar lansa lansanna

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese lançar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu lansa.

Verb

lansa

  1. to throw
  2. to launch

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese lançar.

Verb

lansa

  1. to throw
  2. to launch

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

lansa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of lanse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

lansa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of lanse

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin lancea.

Noun

lansa f (oblique plural lansas, nominative singular lansa, nominative plural lansas)

  1. lance (medieval weapon)

Descendants

  • Occitan: lança

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lancer.

Pronunciation

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Verb

a lansa (third-person singular present lansează, past participle lansat) 1st conj.

  1. to pitch
  2. to launch

Conjugation

See also

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *laŋsa (odor of fish, blood), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋ(ə)si (fishy smell), from Proto-Austronesian *laŋ(ə)si (unpleasant odor). Compare Bikol Central langsi, Aklanon eangsa, Cebuano langsa, and Maranao langensa.

Pronunciation

Noun

lansá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. characteristic fishy odor or taste
    Synonym: amoy-isda
  2. viscous substance covering the fish
  3. characteristic smell of blood (perceived as similar to a fishy smell)
  4. (figurative) obscenity
    Synonyms: laswa, kalaswaan, kabastusan
Alternative forms
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lanza, from Old Spanish lança, from Latin lancea, of Celtiberian origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

lansa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. lance; spear
    Synonym: sibat

Further reading

  • lansa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laŋ(e)si”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI