See also: kīma and kimą

Balinese

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Romanization

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kima

  1. Romanization of ᬓᬶᬫ

Javanese

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Romanization

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kima

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦶꦩ

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (giant clam).

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Noun

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kima (Jawi spelling کيما, plural kima-kima, informal 1st possessive kimaku, 2nd possessive kimamu, 3rd possessive kimanya)

  1. giant clam

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  • Indonesian: kima

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Mapun

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (giant clam). Cognate with Malay kima, Palauan kim (kind of clam).

Noun

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kima

  1. giant clam

Norwegian Nynorsk

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kima (present tense kimar, past tense kima, past participle kima, passive infinitive kimast, present participle kimande, imperative kima/kim)

  1. a-infinitive form of kime

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese queimar and Spanish quemar and Kabuverdianu kema.

Verb

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kima

  1. to burn

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈki.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Syllabification: ki‧ma

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from kimać.[1]

Noun

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kima f

  1. (colloquial, chiefly in set phrases) nap, snore, shut-eye; sleep
    Synonym: drzemka
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Kimme.[1]

Noun

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kima f

  1. (obsolete, cooperage) groove carved in a plank in which the bottom or notch is mounted
  2. (obsolete, basketmaking) protruding rim of a basket underneath a notch on which a basket rests
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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kima

  1. third-person singular present of kimać

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kima”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 338

Further reading

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  • Maciej Czeszewski (2006) “kima”, in Monika Szewczyk, editor, Słownik polszczyzny potocznej, 1 edition, Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, →ISBN, page 132
  • kima in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • kima in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Swahili

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic قِيمة (qīma).[1]

Noun

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kima class VII (plural vima class VIII)

  1. extent, measure, value, amount, price

References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254 No. 2360

Etymology 2

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From Hindi क़ीमा (qīmā)/Urdu قیمہ (qīma), from Persian قیمه (qime), ultimately from Turkic, perhaps Ottoman Turkish قیمه (kıyma).

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kima class VII (plural vima class VIII)

  1. keema, a type of mincemeat

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Bantu *kímà.

Noun

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kima class VII (plural vima class VIII)

  1. blue monkey
  2. any monkey in general

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (giant clam). Cognate with Malay kima, Palauan kim (kind of clam).

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Noun

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kimâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋ)

  1. large shellfish

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kimá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋ)

  1. held between the palms of both hands
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Further reading

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  • kima”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

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Volapük

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Pronoun

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kima

  1. whose (genitive)