limlim

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *dəmdəm (“gloom, darkness; dark, overcast, gloomy”), *ləmləm (“dark, of weather; overcast”). Possible doublet of damdam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /limˈlim/ [lɪmˈlɪm]
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: lim‧lim

Noun

limlím (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜎᜒᜋ᜔)

1. sitting on eggs; brooding (of hens to hatch the eggs)

   Synonyms: halimlim, paghalimhim, yupyop, pagyupyop

2. heat from a brooder; body warmth of a brooder

   Synonym: halimhim

3. (by extension) incubation

   Synonym: ingkubasyon

4. impending darkness (especially in the late afternoon)

   Synonyms: kulimlim, silim

5. (obsolete) eclipse (especially a solar eclipse)

   Synonyms: eklipse, laho

Derived terms

• limliman
• lumimlim
• magpalimlim
• palimliman

Further reading

• “limlim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 58: “Anublarſe) Limlim (pc) el çielo”
  • page 264: “Eclipſi) Limlim [(pc)] del sol”
  • page 272: “Empollar) Limlim (pc) la galllina los gueuos”