lenso

Ultimately from Latin lēns. Doublet of lento.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlenso]

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• Rhymes: -enso
• Hyphenation: len‧so

lenso (accusative singular lenson, plural lensoj, accusative plural lensojn)

1. lens

• gravita lenso

From Papuan Malay [Term?] or Ambonese Malay [Term?], from Portuguese lenço, from Old Galician-Portuguese lenço, from Latin linteum (“linen cloth”), from linteus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlenso]
• Hyphenation: lén‧so

lenso (plural lenso-lenso, first-person possessive lensoku, second-person possessive lensomu, third-person possessive lensonya)

1. (Papuan) handkerchief.

   Synonyms: saputangan, selempai

2. (dance) tari lenso: a social dance with handkerchief as prop.

• “lenso” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Portuguese lenço.^[1]

lenso

1. handkerchief