tima

See also: timá, tíma, and tîma

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Adjective

tima (accusative singular timan, plural timaj, accusative plural timajn)

1. fearful

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Jamamadí

Adjective

tima

1. (Banawá) upriver

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Middle English

Noun

tima

1. (Early ME) Alternative form of tyme (“time”)

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tīmô. Cognate with Old High German *zīmo, Old Norse tími. Related to Old English tīd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.mɑ/

Noun

tīma m

1. a time

   On hwelcne tīman sċealt þū tō morgne onwæcnan?

   What time do you have to wake up tomorrow?

   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Hit is tīma tō erienne.

     It's time to plough.

   • c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care

     Nū ūs is tīma þæt wē onwæcnen of slǣpe.

     Now it's time for us to wake up from our sleep.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"

     Þā cleopode hē þā tungolwītegan on sundorsprǣċe and ġeornlīċe hīe befrugnon on hwelcne tīman hīe ǣrest þone steorran ġesāwen.

     He summoned the astrologers to private conversation and anxiously asked them at what time they first saw the star.

Declension

Declension of tima (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tīma	tīman
accusative	tīman	tīman
genitive	tīman	tīmena
dative	tīman	tīmum

Synonyms

• tīd

Derived terms

• underntīma
• nōntīma
• ǣfentīma
• tīmlīċe

Descendants

• Middle English: tyme, teme, teyme, tim, time, tym; tima, timæ, tyma
  • English: time (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: time, teime, tim
  • Yola: deemes (plural)

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Spanish

Verb

tima

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

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Thao

Pronoun

tima

1. (interrogative) who