chingă

See also: chinga, chingá, and ching'a

Romanian

Alternative forms

• cingă

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cingula (itself from the plural of Latin cingulum), possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *clinga, following syncopation and metathesis. Cf. Neapolitan chienga (vs. Italian cinghia).

Noun

chingă f (plural chingi)

1. saddle girth, band, cinch, belly band
2. belt, girdle, strap

   Synonyms: curea, brâu, cingătoare

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	chingă	chinga		chingi	chingile
genitive-dative	chingi	chingii		chingi	chingilor
vocative	chingă, chingo			chingilor

Related terms

• cinge

See also

• fâșie, șa