English Meaning of laga or langa

Meaning of 'laga or langa'

f A term amongst Karkuns. They who write laga derive the word from lagane, and explain it as signifying Connection; for the connection; and as serving to fill the place underneath the item (where there is but a single item) of an account, when it is necessary to make up or close the account. By the side of this word in the margin they place a cipher. Hence ṃlaga f or lagapuja n ghalane -ndene -mmandane -ṃlihine. Others, who write, not ṃlaga but langa, derive it from P Lame, and set it underneath the single item of the account, and, placing a cipher in the margin, understand langa to indicate the sense Void or wanting, and to be equivalent to the Latin caret.

Meaning of लग or लंग

f A term amongst Kárkúns. They who write लग derive the word from लागणें, and explain it as signifying Connection; for the connection; and as serving to fill the place underneath the item (where there is but a single item) of an account, when it is necessary to make up or close the account. By the side of this word in the margin they place a cipher. Hence लग f or लगपूज n घालणें -देणें -मांडणें -लिहिणें. Others, who write, not लग but लंग, derive it from P Lame, and set it underneath the single item of the account, and, placing a cipher in the margin, understand लंग to indicate the sense Void or wanting, and to be equivalent to the Latin caret.

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