kima

See also: kīma and kimą

Balinese

Romanization

kima

1. Romanization of ᬓᬶᬫ

Javanese

Romanization

kima

1. Romanization of ꦏꦶꦩ

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ma/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈkimä], [ˈkimə]
• Rhymes: -ima, -ma, -a

Noun

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

1. giant clam

Descendants

• Indonesian: kima

Further reading

• “kima” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mapun

Etymology

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

Noun

kima

1. giant clam

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²çiː.mɑ/

Verb

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

Etymology

From Portuguese queimar and Spanish quemar and Kabuverdianu kema.

Verb

kima

1. to burn

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: ki‧ma

Etymology 1

Deverbal from kimać.

Noun

kima f

1. (colloquial, chiefly in set phrases) nap, snore, shut-eye; sleep

   Synonym: drzemka

Declension

Declension of kima

	singular	plural
nominative	kima	kimy
genitive	kimy	kim
dative	kimie	kimom
accusative	kimę	kimy
instrumental	kimą	kimami
locative	kimie	kimach
vocative	kimo	kimy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kimme.

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of kima

	singular	plural
nominative	kima	kimy
genitive	kimy	kim
dative	kimie	kimom
accusative	kimę	kimy
instrumental	kimą	kimami
locative	kimie	kimach
vocative	kimo	kimy

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kima

1. third-person singular present of kimać

Further reading

• 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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قِيمة (qīma).

Noun

kima (ki-vi class, plural vima)

1. extent, measure, value, amount, price

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kima (ki-vi class, plural vima)

1. keema, a type of mincemeat

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *kímà.

Noun

kima (ki-vi class, plural vima)

1. blue monkey
2. any monkey in general

See also

• (Chinese zodiac signs) alama za unajimu wa Kichina; panya (“rat”), ng'ombe (“ox”), chui milia (“tiger”) or babara, sungura (“rabbit”), dragoni (“dragon”), nyoka (“snake”), farasi (“horse”), mbuzi (“goat”), kima (“monkey”), jogoo (“rooster”) or jimbi, mbwa (“dog”), nguruwe (“pig”) ^{(Category: sw:Chinese zodiac signs) [edit]}

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• qima, quima — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kiˈmaʔ/ [kɪˈmaʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkimaʔ/ [ˈkiː.mɐʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: ki‧ma

Noun

kimâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋ)

1. large shellfish

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈma/ [kɪˈma]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ki‧ma

Adjective

kimá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋ)

1. held between the palms of both hands

Derived terms

• kimahin
• kumima

 

See also

• hawak
• kimis
• kimkim
• kipil
• kuyom
• taban

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• kami, maki-

Volapük

Pronoun

kima

1. whose (genitive)