limma
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
limma (plural limmas)
- (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
Laboya
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Numeral
limma
Noun
limma
- (anatomy) hand
- (anatomy) finger
- (by extension, historical, figurative) a traditional Laboyan system of social ranking consisting of five strata, each of which is named after a finger.
Meronyms
- ata madaka (“big men, i.e. free men”)
- ata ɓei (“people of the thumb”)
- ata dodoka (“people of the index finger”)
- ata kahado (“people of the middle finger”), ata ngora (“people of the face”)
- ata ana (“children of men, i.e. slaves”)
- ana nda pangara (“children without a name”)
- ana kaiha (“little finger”)
References
- 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
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεῖμμα (leîmma).
Noun
limma n (genitive limmatis); third declension
- a semitone
Declension
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
- “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
Etymology
Verb
limma (present limmar, preterite limmade, supine limmat, imperative limma)
- to glue
- limma ihop bitar
- glue pieces together
- limma fast gipsskivor på väggen
- glue plasterboards to the wall
- (slang, transitively with på) to hit on (someone (remaining focused on and/or near them ("glued to them")))
- limma på någon
- hit on ("glue on") someone
Conjugation
Conjugation of limma (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | limma | limmas | ||
| Supine | limmat | limmats | ||
| Imperative | limma | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | limmen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | limmar | limmade | limmas | limmades |
| Ind. plural1 | limma | limmade | limmas | limmades |
| Subjunctive2 | limme | limmade | limmes | limmades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | limmande | |||
| Past participle | limmad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||