limba

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See also: limbă and limbã

English

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A limba tree

Etymology

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Noun

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limba (plural limbas)

  1. A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.
    • 1965, Theodore Geiger, editor, Agrifor and U.S. Plywood in the Congo, Issue 12, page 50:
      This was the wood of the limba tree — a native of the Mayumbe forest — from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, high-quality veneer for plywood and other uses.
    • 1991, Ján Borota, tropical forests: some African and Asian case studies of composition and structure, Elsevier, page 101:
      Limba occurred in blocks a, c and d and varied from 0.1 to 0.6 exploitable trees per hectare on average.
    • 1994, Richard C. Schultz, Joe P. Colletti, editors, Opportunities for Agroforestry in the Temperate Zone Worldwide: Proceedings of the Third North American Agroforestry Conference, page 242:
      Because of the decline of harvestable Limba trees in natural forests, a reforestation program was then undertaken by the government using local seed sources [5].

Synonyms

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  • (Terminalia superba): afara

Translations

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References

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  • Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[1], London: Oxford University Press, page 135

Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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limba f

  1. definite singular nominative of limbã
  2. definite singular accusative of limbã

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: lim‧ba

Noun

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limba

  1. the color pink

Adjective

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limba

  1. having a pink colour

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

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Noun

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limba f

  1. Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • limba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • limba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Lingala

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Bantu *dímb (forget).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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-limba (infinitive kolimba)

  1. (rare) forget
  2. (rare) mistake, be mistaken

Derived terms

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German līm-boum, līm-bām, līn-boum, līn-bām.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlim.ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -imba
  • Syllabification: lim‧ba

Noun

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limba f

  1. Swiss pine (Pinus cembra)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • limba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • limba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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limba f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of limbă

Sardinian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin lingua. For the change /ɡʷ/ > /b/, compare Romanian limbă.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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limba f (plural limbas)

  1. tongue
    M’apo mossigadu sa limbaI bit my own tongue
  2. language
    Synonyms: faeddu, faedhónzu, faedhóngiu, faedhada, prallata
    limba sardaSardinian language
  3. speech (faculty of speaking)
    Synonyms: faeddu, paràula
    perdere sa limbato be left speechless (literally, “to lose the tongue”)

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Noun

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limba f (plural limbas)

  1. limba

Noun

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limba m or f by sense (plural limbas)

  1. Limba

Tok Pisin

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Etymology 1

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From Malay lembah.

Noun

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limba

  1. valley

Etymology 2

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From Malay rimba.

Noun

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limba

  1. jungle