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See also: Lingo and lìn-gò͘

English

Etymology

From Latin lingua (“language”) + -o (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

lingo (countable and uncountable, plural lingos or lingoes)

  1. (informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
    • 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene xv, page 47:
      [...] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas.
    • 1846, George W.M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volume 1, London: George Vickers, page 327:
      "You see, ma'am, I can't divest myself of my professional lingo," observed Mr. Banks.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.
  2. (Australian Aboriginal) An Aboriginal language.
    • 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 105:
      Granny Ava was the link: the last heathen of the family to speak the lingo fluently, before the Church waltzed in and jammed the Lord's Prayer in Granny Ruth's twelve-year-old mouth instead.

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Translations

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈŋoʔ/ [l̪iˈŋoʔ]
  • Hyphenation: li‧ngo

Noun

lingô (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜅᜓ)

  1. stiff neck
    Grabe an lingo pakamata ko sa higdaan.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lingō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-. Cognate with Old Armenian լիզեմ (lizem) and English lick.

Pronunciation

Verb

lingō (present infinitive lingere, perfect active līnxī, supine līnctum); third conjugation

  1. to lick (up)
    Synonym: lambō
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata III.96:
      Lingis, non futuis meam puellam.
      You lick, but do not fuck my girl.

Conjugation

More information indicative, singular ...
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lingō lingis lingit lingimus lingitis lingunt
imperfect lingēbam lingēbās lingēbat lingēbāmus lingēbātis lingēbant
future lingam lingēs linget lingēmus lingētis lingent
perfect līnxī līnxistī līnxit līnximus līnxistis līnxērunt,
līnxēre
pluperfect līnxeram līnxerās līnxerat līnxerāmus līnxerātis līnxerant
future perfect līnxerō līnxeris līnxerit līnxerimus līnxeritis līnxerint
passive present lingor lingeris,
lingere		 lingitur lingimur lingiminī linguntur
imperfect lingēbar lingēbāris,
lingēbāre		 lingēbātur lingēbāmur lingēbāminī lingēbantur
future lingar lingēris,
lingēre		 lingētur lingēmur lingēminī lingentur
perfect līnctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect līnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect līnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lingam lingās lingat lingāmus lingātis lingant
imperfect lingerem lingerēs lingeret lingerēmus lingerētis lingerent
perfect līnxerim līnxerīs līnxerit līnxerīmus līnxerītis līnxerint
pluperfect līnxissem līnxissēs līnxisset līnxissēmus līnxissētis līnxissent
passive present lingar lingāris,
lingāre		 lingātur lingāmur lingāminī lingantur
imperfect lingerer lingerēris,
lingerēre		 lingerētur lingerēmur lingerēminī lingerentur
perfect līnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect līnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — linge — — lingite —
future — lingitō lingitō — lingitōte linguntō
passive present — lingere — — lingiminī —
future — lingitor lingitor — — linguntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present lingere lingī lingēns —
future līnctūrum esse līnctum īrī līnctūrus lingendus,
lingundus
perfect līnxisse līnctum esse — līnctus
future perfect — līnctum fore — —
perfect potential līnctūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lingendī lingendō lingendum lingendō līnctum līnctū
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   Conjugation of lingō (third conjugation)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: alingu, alindziri, lingu
  • Friulian: lenzi
  • Romanian: linge, lingere
  • Sicilian: aḍḍiccari, alliccari, lìngiri
  • Sardinian: linghere

References

  • “lingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "lingo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lingo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

lingó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅᜓ)

  1. assassination; treacherous killing
    Synonym: pang-aasesino

Derived terms

  • manlilingo
  • panlilingo

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