lengoua

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

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