londje

Ladino

Alternative forms

• londji (Monastir, Sarajevo), longe

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Galician-Portuguese longe.

Adverb

londje (Hebrew spelling לונג׳י)

1. (Salonica) far away
   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[1], Editions Vidas Largas, page 52:

     Mas londje, komo un kulevro vedre entrando en la agua, se via el "Kutchuk Karaburnu" ke los djidyos yamavan la Punta Tchika (o Petit cap en franses).

     Further away, like a green snake entering the water, the ‘Kutchuk Karaburnu’ was seen, which the Jews were calling the Little Tip (or petit cap in French).

   • 1999, David M. Bunis, Moshé Cazés, edited by David M. Bunis, Voices from Jewish Salonika‎^[2], Misgav Yerushalayim, →ISBN, page 517:

     Ke eskatafires me estás fazyendo de londje?

     What crap are you doing to me from far away?

   Synonym: leshos