limau

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay limau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /limaw/
• Hyphenation: li‧mau

Noun

limau

1. orange (fruit)
2. citrus fruit

Hyponyms

• (citrus fruit): limau bali (“pomelo”), limau kasturi (“calamondin”), limau nipis (“key lime”), limau purut (“kaffir lime”)

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Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay limau, from Portuguese limão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimau̯]
• Hyphenation: li‧mau

Noun

limau (plural, first-person possessive limauku, second-person possessive limaumu, third-person possessive limaunya)

1. lemon (citrus fruit)

Affixed terms

• berlimau
• melimaui
• pelimau

 

Further reading

• “limau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *limaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw.

Noun

limau (Jawi spelling ليماو‎, plural limau-limau, informal 1st possessive limauku, impolite 2nd possessive limaumu, 3rd possessive limaunya)

1. any member of the genus Citrus, especially its fruit
2. lemon

   Synonym: lemon

Further reading

• “limau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese limão.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

limau (ma class, plural malimau)

1. lemon (citrus fruit)

Synonyms

• ndimu

Derived terms

• mlimau