Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliːmɑ]

Symbol

Lima

1. The letter L in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

English

Proper noun

Lima

1. The capital of Peru.
2. The letter L in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Related terms

• lima bean
• Lima wood

Translations

See also

• Lima on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• alim, Liam, mail, Mali

German

Proper noun

Lima ‎(n)

1. Lima (capital of Peru)

Polish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lima f

1. Lima (capital of Peru)

Declension

Portuguese

rio Lima

Lima

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈli.mɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ma/, /ˈli.mɐ/
• Homophone: lima
• Hyphenation: Li‧ma

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese Limia, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Cognate with Galician Limia.

Proper noun

Lima m

1. Limia (a river in Iberia)

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Spanish Lima, from Quechua Rimak, Incan god, from rimay ‎(“to speak”).

Proper noun

Lima f

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Derived terms

• limenho

See also

• Peru

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîma/
• Hyphenation: Li‧ma

Proper noun

Lȉma f ‎(Cyrillic spelling Ли̏ма)

1. Lima (capital of Peru)

References

• “Lima” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Proper noun

Lima f

1. Lima (capital of Peru)

Derived terms

• limeño

English

Noun

lima ‎(plural limas)

1. lima bean

   We had limas with dinner last night.‎

Alangan

Noun

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Alu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Amis

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lima, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lima, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Bughotu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. (cardinal) five

Cebuano

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Central Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. (cardinal) five

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (Old Chamorro, cardinal) five (in general)

Cia-Cia

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Alternative forms

• 을리마

Numeral

lima ‎(Hangul spelling 을리마)

1. (cardinal) five

Noun

lima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

Dupaninan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

líma

1. (cardinal) five

East Futuna

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Faroese

Noun

lima

1. indefinite genitive plural of limur

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Finnish

(index li)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slīmą.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimɑ/
• Hyphenation: li‧ma
• Rhymes: -imɑ

Noun

lima

1. mucus
2. phlegm
3. slime

Declension

Related terms

• limainen
• limaska

See also

• räkä

References

1. ↑ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

Anagrams

• Ilma, ilma, Mali, mali

French

Verb

lima

1. third-person singular past historic of limer

Anagrams

• mail

Galician

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic لَيْمُون ‎(laymūn, “lemon, lime”).

Noun

lima f ‎(plural limas)

1. lime (fruit)

Related terms

• limeira

Etymology 2

From Latin līma ‎(“file”).

Noun

lima f ‎(plural limas)

1. file, rasp

Related terms

• limar

Verb

lima

1. inflection of limar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Gela

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Gothic

Romanization

lima

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌹𐌼𐌰

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five
2. (ordinal) fifth

Related terms

• ʻalima
• ʻelima

Noun

lima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈma/

Numeral

limá

1. (cardinal) five

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Spanish lima.

Noun

líma

1. lime fruit or tree (citrus)

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

líma

1. hand

Verb

limá

1. to handle

Icelandic

Noun

lima

1. indefinite genitive plural of limur

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lima, from Proto-Malayic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lima, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. (cardinal) five

Italian

Etymology

From Latin līma.

Noun

lima f ‎(plural lime)

1. file

Derived terms

• lima da unghie ‎(“nail file”)

Verb

lima

1. inflection of limare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• almi
• lami
• mail
• mali, Mali
• mila

Itawit

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. (cardinal) five

Ivatan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Javanese

Numeral

lima

1. five

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. (cardinal) five

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ma/

Noun

līma f ‎(genitive līmae); first declension

1. file (carpenter's tool)

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• līmō

Descendants

• Albanian: limë
• French: lime
• Italian: lima
• Portuguese: lima
• Spanish: lima

References

• lima in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lima in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LIMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lima in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lima in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• lima in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Lau

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Lusi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lima, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Alternative forms

• limă
• ليم

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /limə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /lima/
• Rhymes: -imə, -mə, -ə

Numeral

lima ‎(Jawi spelling ليم)

1. (cardinal) five

Synonyms

• panca (panca-) / ڤنچا (ڤنچا-)

Manam

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Maori

Numeral

lima

1. Obsolete spelling of rima

Mayoyao Ifugao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. (cardinal) five

Muduapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Mussau-Emira

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Nakanai

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Niuatoputapu

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (noun) limene
• (verb) limet
• (verb) limte (simple past)
• (verb) limt (past participle)

Noun

lima n pl

1. definite plural of lim

Verb

lima

1. simple past of lime
2. past participle of lime

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lima n

1. definite plural of lim

Nukuoro

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Paiwan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Papora

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

lima f

1. lime (citrus tree)

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlima/
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَيْمُون ‎(laymūn, “lemon, lime”).

Noun

lima f (plural limas)

1. lime (fruit)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:lima.

Etymology 2

From Latin līma.

Noun

lima f (plural limas)

1. file (tool to smoothen a surface)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:lima.

Verb

lima

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of limar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of limar

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:limar.

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: liima

See also

Raga

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Ratahan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Rotuman

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Roviana

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian lima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîma/
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

Noun

lȉma f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ли̏ма)

1. (regional) file (tool)

References

• “lima” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlima/

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic لَيْمُون ‎(laymūn, “lemon, lime”).

Noun

lima f ‎(plural limas)

1. lime (fruit)
2. (dialectal) lemon (fruit)

Synonyms

• limón m (Mexico)

See also

• citrón m

Etymology 2

From Latin līma.

Noun

lima f ‎(plural limas)

1. file (tool to smoothen a surface)

Verb

lima

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of limar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of limar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of limar.

References

• “Why asking for a lime isn't so easy in Spanish-speaking countries”

Swahili

Verb

-lima ‎(infinitive kulima)

1. to plough

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈma/

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Usage notes

• To describe the quantity of something, the number is placed before the noun and affixed with a -ng when the word ends with a vowel, and a separate word na for a consonant.

  Isang saging, dalawang pinya.‎

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

  Apat na mansanas, anim na mangga.‎

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Taroko

Etymology

From Proto-Atayalic *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

To'abaita

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

References

• Frantisek Lichtenberk, A Grammar of Toqabaqita (2008)

Tolai

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Noun

lima

1. hand
2. arm
3. foreleg

References

• Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Uma

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Woleaian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (cardinal) five