limas
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limas
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limas
- second-person singular past historic of limer
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limas
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Malay limas, from Classical Malay ليمس (limas), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limas.
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limas (plural limas-limas, first-person possessive limasku, second-person possessive limasmu, third-person possessive limasnya)
- (geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base; pyramid.
- Synonym: piramida
Further reading edit
- “limas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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līmās
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- limas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limas.
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limas (Jawi spelling ليمس, plural limas-limas, informal 1st possessive limasku, 2nd possessive limasmu, 3rd possessive limasnya)
- a cup or dipper made by folding up a palm-leaf or spathe till it looks like an inverted pyramid
- Hypernym: timba
- the shape of a low pyramid with a quadrangular base
Usage notes edit
Traditionally used for drinking, bathing, drawing water, baling a boat, or as a toy-boat bearing offerings to sea-spirits. From its shape it gives its name to hip-roofs.
Adjective edit
limas (Jawi spelling ليمس)
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Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
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- Indonesian: limas
Further reading edit
- “limas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Wilkinson, R. J. (1901–1902), A Malay–English Dictionary,[1] Singapore: Kelly & Walsh, p. 629.
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limas
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limas f pl
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limas
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limas.
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limás (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜐ᜔)
- scooping out water (from a boat, well, canal, etc.)
- Synonyms: halimlim, paghalimhim, yupyop, pagyupyop
- (by extension) ransacking and taking of all its contents (of a place)
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limás (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜐ᜔)