lungi
English
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editFrom Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).
Noun
editlungi (plural lungis)
- A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
- 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 152:
- Samad […] regularly wore a long piece of embroidered grey cotton, a lungi, wrapped round his waist.
Synonyms
edit- (garment): sarong
Translations
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References
edit- “lungi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “lungi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- “lungi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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editlungi
Romani
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editlungi
Romanian
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editFrom lung. Also possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *longīre for Latin longīscēre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edita lungi (third-person singular present lungește, past participle lungit) 4th conjugation
Conjugation
edit conjugation of lungi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive | a lungi | ||||||
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gerund | lungind | ||||||
past participle | lungit | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | lungesc | lungești | lungește | lungim | lungiți | lungesc | |
imperfect | lungeam | lungeai | lungea | lungeam | lungeați | lungeau | |
simple perfect | lungii | lungiși | lungi | lungirăm | lungirăți | lungiră | |
pluperfect | lungisem | lungiseși | lungise | lungiserăm | lungiserăți | lungiseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să lungesc | să lungești | să lungească | să lungim | să lungiți | să lungească | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | lungește | lungiți | |||||
negative | nu lungi | nu lungiți |
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