limma

See also: Limma

English

Alternative forms

• leimma

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin limma.

Noun

limma (plural limmas)

1. (music) Any of several small musical intervals, such as the semitone. Most commonly referrs to the diatonic semitone or minor second, which has a ratio of approximately 16/15 or 27/25 in meantone temperaments or 256/243 in Pythagorean tuning.

Anagrams

• MAMIL, Mamil, Milam

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limma

1. five

Noun

limma

1. (anatomy) hand
2. (anatomy) finger
3. (by extension, historical, figurative) a traditional Laboyan system of social ranking consisting of five strata, each of which is named after a finger.

Meronyms

• ata madaka (“big men, i.e. free men”)
  • ata ɓei (“people of the thumb”)
  • ata dodoka (“people of the index finger”)
  • ata kahado (“people of the middle finger”), ata ngora (“people of the face”)
• ata ana (“children of men, i.e. slaves”)
  • ana nda pangara (“children without a name”)
  • ana kaiha (“little finger”)

References

• Geirnaert-Martin, Danielle C. (1992) “limma”, in The Woven Land of Lamboya. Socio-cosmic Ideas and Values in West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia (CNWS Publications; 11), Leiden: Centre of Non-Western Studies, Leiden University, page 193
• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “limma”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 59

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεῖμμα (leîmma).

Noun

limma n (genitive limmatis); third declension

1. a semitone

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	limma	limmata
Genitive	limmatis	limmatum
Dative	limmatī	limmatibus
Accusative	limma	limmata
Ablative	limmate	limmatibus
Vocative	limma	limmata

References

• “limma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• limma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swedish

Etymology

lim (“glue”) +‎ -a

Verb

limma (present limmar, preterite limmade, supine limmat, imperative limma)

1. to glue

   limma ihop bitar

   glue pieces together

   limma fast gipsskivor på väggen

   glue plasterboards to the wall

2. (slang, transitively with på) to hit on (someone (remaining focused on and/or near them ("glued to them")))

   limma på någon

   hit on ("glue on") someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of limma (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	limma		limmas
Supine	limmat		limmats
Imperative	limma		—
Imper. plural1	limmen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	limmar	limmade	limmas	limmades
Ind. plural1	limma	limmade	limmas	limmades
Subjunctive2	limme	limmade	limmes	limmades
	Participles
Present participle	limmande
Past participle	limmad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• limma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• limma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• limma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Slangopedia
• Fula Ordboken