lengoua

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

langue (Beaujolais) li͟nga, la͟nga (Bressan) lengue (Old Dauphinois) lenvaz (Old Fribourgeois) linvoua, linvuya (Fribourgeois) lèinga (Piemontais) winga (Valaisan) lenva (Valdôtain)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lingua.

Noun

lengoua f (plural lengoues) (ORB, broad)

1. tongue
2. language

Derived terms

• lengâjo

References

• langue in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• lengoua in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 106: “la lingua” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 750: “langue” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lingua”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 358