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English
Noun
cima sg
- Obsolete spelling of cyma.
Anagrams
- mica, CMIA, aMCI, -amic, ACMI, cami, amic, Maci, Mica, iMac, -icam
Amis
Pronoun
cima
- (interrogative) who
References
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma).
Pronunciation
Noun
cima f (plural cimes)
- summit, peak
- Synonym: cim
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cima, from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “something swollen; wave, billow”), from κύω (kúō, “I am pregnant, conceive”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ima
- Hyphenation: ci‧ma
Noun
cima f (plural cimas)
- top, peak, summit
- Synonyms: cume, cumio
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cima”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cima”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- 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)
- top
- peak, spur
- summit
- (nautical) hawser, line, rope, cable
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tunisian Arabic: شيما (šīma, “hawser, line, rope”)[1]
References
- ^ Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Franco Pierno (2006) “Talassozoonimi e terminologia dell'attività ittica d'influenza italiana nel dialetto arabo tunisino”, in Romance Philology (in Tunisian Arabic), volume 59, number 2, →JSTOR, page 228
Etymology 2
Verb
cima
- inflection of cimare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
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
Noun
cima f (plural cimas)
- top, summit
Derived terms
Sakizaya
Pronunciation
Pronoun
cima
- (interrogative) who
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek. Compare Italian cima.
Noun
cima f (plural cimi)
- 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)
- genius (someone excellent in a given field)
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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
- to extinguish, to switch off
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Pronunciation
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”).
Noun
cima f (plural cimas)
- top
- en la cima del mundo ― on top of the world
- peak, summit, mountaintop (top of a mountain or hill)
- Synonyms: cumbre, pico
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cima
- inflection of cimar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Swazi
Verb
-címa
- to put out, to turn off the light
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic جِمَاع (jimāʕ).
Pronunciation
Noun
cima (definite accusative cimayı, plural cimalar)
- (dated) sexual intercourse
Declension
References
- “cima”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Xhosa
Verb
-cîma
- (transitive) to extinguish
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Verb
-címa
- (transitive) to extinguish (fire), to put out (light), to quench
- (transitive) to assuage (thirst etc.)
- (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