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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin limma.

Noun

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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.

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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
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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).

More information singular, plural ...

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

More information active, passive ...

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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