limma

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.

Anagrams

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Laboya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

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limma

  1. five

Noun

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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.

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεῖμμα (leîmma).

Noun

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limma n (genitive limmatis); third declension

  1. a semitone

Declension

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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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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lim (glue) +‎ -a

Verb

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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 ) to hit on (someone (remaining focused on and/or near them ("glued to them")))
    limma på någon
    hit on ("glue on") someone

Conjugation

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