cima

See also: Cima, CIMA, cimá, and çima

English

Noun

cima sg

1. Obsolete spelling of cyma. [18th century]

Anagrams

• mica, CMIA, aMCI, -amic, ACMI, cami, amic, Maci, Mica, iMac, -icam

Amis

Pronoun

cima

1. (interrogative) who

References

• 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2024

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈsi.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈsi.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima

Noun

cima f (plural cimes)

1. summit, peak

   Synonym: cim

Further reading

• “cima”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cima”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cima, from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “something swollen; wave, billow”), from κύω (kúō, “to be pregnant, conceive”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθima/ [ˈθi.mɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθima/ [ˈθi.mɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈsima/ [ˈsi.mɐ]

• Rhymes: -ima
• Hyphenation: ci‧ma

Noun

cima f (plural cimas)

1. top, peak, summit

   Synonyms: cume, cumio

Derived terms

• Cima da Vila
• cima de
• Cima de Aldea
• Cima de Vila
• Cimadevila
• encima
• por cima
• por encima

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cima”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cima”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cima”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cima”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cima”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ma/
• Rhymes: -ima
• Hyphenation: cì‧ma

Etymology 1

From Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma).

Noun

cima f (plural cime)

1. top
2. peak, spur
3. summit
4. (nautical) hawser, line, rope, cable

Derived terms

• cimare
• cimette

Descendants

• → Tunisian Arabic: شيما (šīma, “hawser, line, rope”)

Etymology 2

Verb

cima

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

Anagrams

• cami, mica

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *ḱúh₁mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *kūmə

Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă)bor.

Latin cȳma

Old Galician-Portuguese cima

Portuguese cima

From Old Galician-Portuguese cima, from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “something swollen; wave, billow”), from κύω (kúō, “to be pregnant, conceive”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: ci‧ma

Noun

cima f (plural cimas)

1. top, summit

Derived terms

• acima
• de cima
• em cima
• em cima de
• estar em cima

Further reading

• “cima”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cima”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡si.ˈma/, [t͡ɕi.ˈma]

Pronoun

cima

1. (interrogative) who

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek. Compare Italian cima.

Noun

cima f (plural cimi)

1. peak, summit (highest place)

   pigghiari li cimi d'àrvulu ― to get angry, furious; to see red (literally, “to take the tree's peaks”)

   di cima 'n funnu ― from top to bottom

   a li cimi cimi ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. genius (someone excellent in a given field)
3. (wine) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868), “cima”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 854
• Pasqualino (c. 1790), “cima”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 319
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862), “cìma”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 173

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-címa

1. to extinguish, to switch off

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθima/ [ˈθi.ma] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsima/ [ˈsi.ma] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: ci‧ma
• Homophone: (Latin America) sima

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish cima, from Latin cȳma (“young sprout, hollow sphere”) (compare French cime (“peak, summit, top of a tree”), Italian cima (“top, peak, summit”), Portuguese cima (“top”), Romanian ciumă (“plague, pestilence”)), from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “something swollen; wave, billow”), from κύω (kúō, “to be pregnant, to conceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”).

Noun

cima f (plural cimas)

1. top

   en la cima del mundo ― on top of the world

2. peak, summit, mountaintop (top of a mountain or hill)

   Synonyms: cumbre, pico

3. (botany) cyme

Derived terms

• cimar
• cimero
• encima
• quark cima

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cima

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

Further reading

• “cima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swazi

Verb

-címa

1. to put out, to turn off the light

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tumbuka

Alternative forms

• chima

Verb

-cima (infinitive kucima)

1. to prophesy (especially in a trance where one gets in touch with departed spirits)

Derived terms

• ncimi

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[2], Central Africana Limited, pages 16, 242

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جِمَاع (jimāʕ).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ci‧ma

Noun

cima (definite accusative cimayı, plural cimalar)

1. (dated) sexual intercourse

Declension

Declension of cima

singular plural nominative cima cimalar definite accusative cimayı cimaları dative cimaya cimalara locative cimada cimalarda ablative cimadan cimalardan genitive cimanın cimaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular cimam cimalarım 2nd singular ciman cimaların 3rd singular ciması cimaları 1st plural cimamız cimalarımız 2nd plural cimanız cimalarınız 3rd plural cimaları cimaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular cimamı cimalarımı 2nd singular cimanı cimalarını 3rd singular cimasını cimalarını 1st plural cimamızı cimalarımızı 2nd plural cimanızı cimalarınızı 3rd plural cimalarını cimalarını dative singular plural 1st singular cimama cimalarıma 2nd singular cimana cimalarına 3rd singular cimasına cimalarına 1st plural cimamıza cimalarımıza 2nd plural cimanıza cimalarınıza 3rd plural cimalarına cimalarına locative singular plural 1st singular cimamda cimalarımda 2nd singular cimanda cimalarında 3rd singular cimasında cimalarında 1st plural cimamızda cimalarımızda 2nd plural cimanızda cimalarınızda 3rd plural cimalarında cimalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular cimamdan cimalarımdan 2nd singular cimandan cimalarından 3rd singular cimasından cimalarından 1st plural cimamızdan cimalarımızdan 2nd plural cimanızdan cimalarınızdan 3rd plural cimalarından cimalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular cimamın cimalarımın 2nd singular cimanın cimalarının 3rd singular cimasının cimalarının 1st plural cimamızın cimalarımızın 2nd plural cimanızın cimalarınızın 3rd plural cimalarının cimalarının

References

• “cima”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Xhosa

Verb

-cîma

1. (transitive) to extinguish

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Verb

-címa

1. (transitive) to extinguish (fire), to put out (light), to quench
2. (transitive) to assuage (thirst etc.)
3. (transitive) to switch off, to turn off

   Synonym: -cisha

Inflection

tone H (infinitive ukucima)

	positive	negative
infinitive	ukucima	ukungacimi
imperative
	simple	+ object concord
singular	cima	-cime
plural	cimani	-cimeni
present
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngiyacima, ngicima	engicimayo, engicima	ngicima	angicimi	engingacimi	ngingacimi
2nd singular	uyacima, ucima	ocimayo, ocima	ucima	awucimi	ongacimi	ungacimi
1st plural	siyacima, sicima	esicimayo, esicima	sicima	asicimi	esingacimi	singacimi
2nd plural	niyacima, nicima	enicimayo, enicima	nicima	anicimi	eningacimi	ningacimi
class 1	uyacima, ucima	ocimayo, ocima	ecima	akacimi	ongacimi	engacimi
class 2	bayacima, bacima	abacimayo, abacima	becima	abacimi	abangacimi	bengacimi
class 3	uyacima, ucima	ocimayo, ocima	ucima	awucimi	ongacimi	ungacimi
class 4	iyacima, icima	ecimayo, ecima	icima	ayicimi	engacimi	ingacimi
class 5	liyacima, licima	elicimayo, elicima	licima	alicimi	elingacimi	lingacimi
class 6	ayacima, acima	acimayo, acima	ecima	awacimi	angacimi	engacimi
class 7	siyacima, sicima	esicimayo, esicima	sicima	asicimi	esingacimi	singacimi
class 8	ziyacima, zicima	ezicimayo, ezicima	zicima	azicimi	ezingacimi	zingacimi
class 9	iyacima, icima	ecimayo, ecima	icima	ayicimi	engacimi	ingacimi
class 10	ziyacima, zicima	ezicimayo, ezicima	zicima	azicimi	ezingacimi	zingacimi
class 11	luyacima, lucima	olucimayo, olucima	lucima	alucimi	olungacimi	lungacimi
class 14	buyacima, bucima	obucimayo, obucima	bucima	abucimi	obungacimi	bungacimi
class 15	kuyacima, kucima	okucimayo, okucima	kucima	akucimi	okungacimi	kungacimi
class 17	kuyacima, kucima	okucimayo, okucima	kucima	akucimi	okungacimi	kungacimi
recent past
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngicimile, ngicimē	engicimile, engicimē	ngicimile, ngicimē	angicimanga	engingacimanga	ngingacimanga
2nd singular	ucimile, ucimē	ocimile, ocimē	ucimile, ucimē	awucimanga	ongacimanga	ungacimanga
1st plural	sicimile, sicimē	esicimile, esicimē	sicimile, sicimē	asicimanga	esingacimanga	singacimanga
2nd plural	nicimile, nicimē	enicimile, enicimē	nicimile, nicimē	anicimanga	eningacimanga	ningacimanga
class 1	ucimile, ucimē	ocimile, ocimē	ecimile, ecimē	akacimanga	ongacimanga	engacimanga
class 2	bacimile, bacimē	abacimile, abacimē	becimile, becimē	abacimanga	abangacimanga	bengacimanga
class 3	ucimile, ucimē	ocimile, ocimē	ucimile, ucimē	awucimanga	ongacimanga	ungacimanga
class 4	icimile, icimē	ecimile, ecimē	icimile, icimē	ayicimanga	engacimanga	ingacimanga
class 5	licimile, licimē	elicimile, elicimē	licimile, licimē	alicimanga	elingacimanga	lingacimanga
class 6	acimile, acimē	acimile, acimē	ecimile, ecimē	awacimanga	angacimanga	engacimanga
class 7	sicimile, sicimē	esicimile, esicimē	sicimile, sicimē	asicimanga	esingacimanga	singacimanga
class 8	zicimile, zicimē	ezicimile, ezicimē	zicimile, zicimē	azicimanga	ezingacimanga	zingacimanga
class 9	icimile, icimē	ecimile, ecimē	icimile, icimē	ayicimanga	engacimanga	ingacimanga
class 10	zicimile, zicimē	ezicimile, ezicimē	zicimile, zicimē	azicimanga	ezingacimanga	zingacimanga
class 11	lucimile, lucimē	olucimile, olucimē	lucimile, lucimē	alucimanga	olungacimanga	lungacimanga
class 14	bucimile, bucimē	obucimile, obucimē	bucimile, bucimē	abucimanga	obungacimanga	bungacimanga
class 15	kucimile, kucimē	okucimile, okucimē	kucimile, kucimē	akucimanga	okungacimanga	kungacimanga
class 17	kucimile, kucimē	okucimile, okucimē	kucimile, kucimē	akucimanga	okungacimanga	kungacimanga
remote past
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngācima	engācima	ngācima	angicimanga	engingacimanga	ngingacimanga
2nd singular	wācima	owācima	wācima	awucimanga	ongacimanga	ungacimanga
1st plural	sācima	esācima	sācima	asicimanga	esingacimanga	singacimanga
2nd plural	nācima	enācima	nācima	anicimanga	eningacimanga	ningacimanga
class 1	wācima	owācima	ācima	akacimanga	ongacimanga	engacimanga
class 2	bācima	abācima	bācima	abacimanga	abangacimanga	bengacimanga
class 3	wācima	owācima	wācima	awucimanga	ongacimanga	ungacimanga
class 4	yācima	eyācima	yācima	ayicimanga	engacimanga	ingacimanga
class 5	lācima	elācima	lācima	alicimanga	elingacimanga	lingacimanga
class 6	ācima	ācima	ācima	awacimanga	angacimanga	engacimanga
class 7	sācima	esācima	sācima	asicimanga	esingacimanga	singacimanga
class 8	zācima	ezācima	zācima	azicimanga	ezingacimanga	zingacimanga
class 9	yācima	eyācima	yācima	ayicimanga	engacimanga	ingacimanga
class 10	zācima	ezācima	zācima	azicimanga	ezingacimanga	zingacimanga
class 11	lwācima	olwācima	lwācima	alucimanga	olungacimanga	lungacimanga
class 14	bācima	obācima	bācima	abucimanga	obungacimanga	bungacimanga
class 15	kwācima	okwācima	kwācima	akucimanga	okungacimanga	kungacimanga
class 17	kwācima	okwācima	kwācima	akucimanga	okungacimanga	kungacimanga
potential
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngingacima	—	ngingacima	ngingecime	—	ngingecime
2nd singular	ungacima	—	ungacima	ungecime	—	ungecime
1st plural	singacima	—	singacima	singecime	—	singecime
2nd plural	ningacima	—	ningacima	ningecime	—	ningecime
class 1	angacima	—	engacima	angecime	—	engecime
class 2	bangacima	—	bengacima	bangecime	—	bengecime
class 3	ungacima	—	ungacima	ungecime	—	ungecime
class 4	ingacima	—	ingacima	ingecime	—	ingecime
class 5	lingacima	—	lingacima	lingecime	—	lingecime
class 6	angacima	—	engacima	angecime	—	engecime
class 7	singacima	—	singacima	singecime	—	singecime
class 8	zingacima	—	zingacima	zingecime	—	zingecime
class 9	ingacima	—	ingacima	ingecime	—	ingecime
class 10	zingacima	—	zingacima	zingecime	—	zingecime
class 11	lungacima	—	lungacima	lungecime	—	lungecime
class 14	bungacima	—	bungacima	bungecime	—	bungecime
class 15	kungacima	—	kungacima	kungecime	—	kungecime
class 17	kungacima	—	kungacima	kungecime	—	kungecime
immediate future
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngizocima	engizocima	ngizocima	angizucima	engingezucima	ngingezucima
2nd singular	uzocima	ozocima	uzocima	awuzucima	ongezucima	ungezucima
1st plural	sizocima	esizocima	sizocima	asizucima	esingezucima	singezucima
2nd plural	nizocima	enizocima	nizocima	anizucima	eningezucima	ningezucima
class 1	uzocima	ozocima	ezocima	akazucima	ongezucima	engezucima
class 2	bazocima	abazocima	bezocima	abazucima	abangezucima	bengezucima
class 3	uzocima	ozocima	uzocima	awuzucima	ongezucima	ungezucima
class 4	izocima	ezocima	izocima	ayizucima	engezucima	ingezucima
class 5	lizocima	elizocima	lizocima	alizucima	elingezucima	lingezucima
class 6	azocima	azocima	ezocima	awazucima	angezucima	engezucima
class 7	sizocima	esizocima	sizocima	asizucima	esingezucima	singezucima
class 8	zizocima	ezizocima	zizocima	azizucima	ezingezucima	zingezucima
class 9	izocima	ezocima	izocima	ayizucima	engezucima	ingezucima
class 10	zizocima	ezizocima	zizocima	azizucima	ezingezucima	zingezucima
class 11	luzocima	oluzocima	luzocima	aluzucima	olungezucima	lungezucima
class 14	buzocima	obuzocima	buzocima	abuzucima	obungezucima	bungezucima
class 15	kuzocima	okuzocima	kuzocima	akuzucima	okungezucima	kungezucima
class 17	kuzocima	okuzocima	kuzocima	akuzucima	okungezucima	kungezucima
remote future
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngiyocima	engiyocima	ngiyocima	angiyucima	engingeyucima	ngingeyucima
2nd singular	uyocima	oyocima	uyocima	awuyucima	ongeyucima	ungeyucima
1st plural	siyocima	esiyocima	siyocima	asiyucima	esingeyucima	singeyucima
2nd plural	niyocima	eniyocima	niyocima	aniyucima	eningeyucima	ningeyucima
class 1	uyocima	oyocima	eyocima	akayucima	ongeyucima	engeyucima
class 2	bayocima	abayocima	beyocima	abayucima	abangeyucima	bengeyucima
class 3	uyocima	oyocima	uyocima	awuyucima	ongeyucima	ungeyucima
class 4	iyocima	eyocima	iyocima	ayiyucima	engeyucima	ingeyucima
class 5	liyocima	eliyocima	liyocima	aliyucima	elingeyucima	lingeyucima
class 6	ayocima	ayocima	eyocima	awayucima	angeyucima	engeyucima
class 7	siyocima	esiyocima	siyocima	asiyucima	esingeyucima	singeyucima
class 8	ziyocima	eziyocima	ziyocima	aziyucima	ezingeyucima	zingeyucima
class 9	iyocima	eyocima	iyocima	ayiyucima	engeyucima	ingeyucima
class 10	ziyocima	eziyocima	ziyocima	aziyucima	ezingeyucima	zingeyucima
class 11	luyocima	oluyocima	luyocima	aluyucima	olungeyucima	lungeyucima
class 14	buyocima	obuyocima	buyocima	abuyucima	obungeyucima	bungeyucima
class 15	kuyocima	okuyocima	kuyocima	akuyucima	okungeyucima	kungeyucima
class 17	kuyocima	okuyocima	kuyocima	akuyucima	okungeyucima	kungeyucima
present subjunctive
	positive	negative
1st singular	ngicime	ngingacimi
2nd singular	ucime	ungacimi
1st plural	sicime	singacimi
2nd plural	nicime	ningacimi
class 1	acime	angacimi
class 2	bacime	bangacimi
class 3	ucime	ungacimi
class 4	icime	ingacimi
class 5	licime	lingacimi
class 6	acime	angacimi
class 7	sicime	singacimi
class 8	zicime	zingacimi
class 9	icime	ingacimi
class 10	zicime	zingacimi
class 11	lucime	lungacimi
class 14	bucime	bungacimi
class 15	kucime	kungacimi
class 17	kucime	kungacimi
past subjunctive
	positive	negative
1st singular	ngacima	ngangacima, angacima, angangacima
2nd singular	wacima	wangacima, awacima, awangacima
1st plural	sacima	sangacima, asacima, asangacima
2nd plural	nacima	nangacima, anacima, anangacima
class 1	wacima	wangacima, akacima, akangacima
class 2	bacima	bangacima, abacima, abangacima
class 3	wacima	wangacima, awacima, awangacima
class 4	yacima	yangacima, ayacima, ayangacima
class 5	lacima	langacima, alacima, alangacima
class 6	acima	angacima, awacima, awangacima
class 7	sacima	sangacima, asacima, asangacima
class 8	zacima	zangacima, azacima, azangacima
class 9	yacima	yangacima, ayacima, ayangacima
class 10	zacima	zangacima, azacima, azangacima
class 11	lwacima	lwangacima, alwacima, alwangacima
class 14	bacima	bangacima, abacima, abangacima
class 15	kwacima	kwangacima, akwacima, akwangacima
class 17	kwacima	kwangacima, akwacima, akwangacima

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “cima”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “cima (3.9)”