Etymology

From Old Portuguese lenna ‎(“firewood”), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum ‎(“firewood”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-no ‎(“that which is collected”), from *leǵ- ‎(“to gather”). Cognate with Galician leña, Spanish leña, Catalan llenya, Occitan lenha, Romanian lemn and Italian legna.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɲɐ/, /ˈlej.ɲɐ/, /ˈlɐ.ɲɐ/, /ˈlɐj.ɲɐ/
• Hyphenation: le‧nha