lingon

Finnish

Noun

lingon

1. genitive singular of linko

Swedish

lingon

Etymology

From a variant of ljung (“heather”) (compare Old Norse lyngr (“heather”)), from Proto-Norse *ᛚᛁᛜᚹᚨ- (*lingwa-, “heather”) +‎ -on (a common suffix for fruits and berries).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lɪŋɔn/

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Noun

lingon n

1. lingonberry, cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea

   Synonym: krösa

   plocka lingon i skogen

   pick lingonberries in the forest

Declension

Declension of lingon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lingon	lingons
	definite	lingonet	lingonets
plural	indefinite	lingon	lingons
	definite	lingonen	lingonens

Derived terms

• lingonris
• lingonsylt

Descendants

• →⇒ English: lingonberry
  • → Spanish: lingonberry

See also

• krösamos
• ris
• rårörd

References

• lingon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lingon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lingon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ling̃on — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈŋon/ [lɪˈŋon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: li‧ngon

Noun

lingón (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅᜓᜈ᜔)

1. looking back (turning of one's face)
2. (figurative) protective esteem
3. (figurative) show of gratitude

Derived terms

• lingunan
• lingunin
• lumingon
• magpalingon-lingon
• mapalingon
• paglingon
• palingon-lingon
• walang-lingunlikod

 

Further reading

• “lingon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018