lenha

Inherited from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (“firewood”), thus a doublet of lenho.

lenha f (plural lenhas)

1. firewood

• Fala: leña
• Galician: leña
• Portuguese: lenha (see there for further descendants)

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “lenha”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lenha (“firewood”), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (“firewood”). Cognate with Galician leña, Spanish leña, Catalan llenya, Occitan lenha, Romanian lemn and Italian legna.

• Rhymes: -eɲɐ, -ɐɲɐ
• Hyphenation: le‧nha

lenha f (countable and uncountable, plural lenhas)

1. firewood (wood intended to be burned)

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: lenha
• Kristang: lenya