leña

== Blin == === Etymology === From Proto-Agaw *läŋ-a/*laŋ-a ("two"), from Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma (“two”). Cognate with Awngi ለጘ (laŋa) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ləŋa/ === Numeral === leña two === References === Reinisch, Leo (1887), Wörterbuch der Bilin-Sprache (in German), Wien, Austria, page 258 == Galician == === Etymology === 13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lenha (“firewood”), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (“log”). Compare Portuguese lenha. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleɲa/ [ˈle.ɲɐ] Rhymes: -eɲa Hyphenation: le‧ña === Noun === leña f (uncountable) firewood (pieces gathered to make fire) ==== Related terms ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lenna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “leña”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “leña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “leña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “leña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleɲa/ [ˈle.ɲa] Rhymes: -eɲa Syllabification: le‧ña === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish lenna, from Latin ligna, plural of lignum. ==== Noun ==== leña f (plural leñas) firewood, wood (pieces of wood gathered to burn as fuel) kindling Synonym: astillas ===== Related terms ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== leña inflection of leñar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “leña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025