limma
See also: Limma
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
limma (plural limmas)
Anagrams edit
Laboya edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Numeral edit
limma
Noun edit
limma
- (anatomy) hand
- (anatomy) finger
- (by extension, historical, figurative) a traditional Laboyan system of social ranking consisting of five strata, each of which is named after a finger.
Meronyms edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεῖμμα (leîmma).
Noun edit
limma n (genitive limmatis); third declension
- a semitone
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
limma (present limmar, preterite limmade, supine limmat, imperative limma)
- to glue
- limma ihop bitar
- glue pieces together
- limma fast gipsskivor på väggen
- glue plasterboards to the wall
- (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 edit
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. |