timba

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish timba.

Noun

timba (uncountable)

  1. A Cuban salsa-derived style of music.
    • 2009 January 30, Ben Ratliff, “Salsa, Timba and a Dance-Happy String Quartet”, in New York Times‎:
      Mr. Grau’s band doesn’t play classicized salsa and timba.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From a pre-Roman root *timpa. Compare Italian timpa.

Pronunciation

Noun

timba f (plural timbes)

  1. precipice
    Synonym: precipici
  2. gambling house
    Synonym: casa de joc
  3. (colloquial) a game of cards where money is wagered

Derived terms

Further reading

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun

timba

  1. bucket

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay timba, from Classical Malay تيمبا (timba), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: tim‧ba

Noun

timba (plural timba-timba)

  1. bailer; dipper
    Synonyms: cedok, pencedok, gayung
  2. bucket; pail
    Synonyms: ember, baldi, sauk

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ
Pegon
Roman timba

Etymology

From Old Javanese timba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun

timba

  1. bucket
    Synonym: èmbèr

Derived terms

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “timba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtimba/
  • Rhymes: -imba
  • Syllabification: tim‧ba

Noun

timba

  1. bucket

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun

timba

  1. bucket

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Pronunciation

Noun

timba (Jawi spelling تيمبا, plural timba-timba)

  1. bailer; dipper; hand bucket
    Synonyms: gayung, cebok, limas

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: timba

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun

timba

  1. bucket for drawing water from a well

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "timba" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Portuguese

timba

Noun

timba f (plural timbas)

  1. (Angola, Mozambique) aardvark (Orycteropus afer, a mammal)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orictéropo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtimba/
  • Rhymes: -imba
  • Syllabification: tim‧ba

Etymology 1

Noun

timba f (plural timbas)

  1. timba (Cuban salsa-derived music)
  2. a gambling match, an instance of playing a game of chance
  3. an unofficial or illegal gambling establishment or casino
  4. (colloquial, Mexico, Central America) belly
    Synonym: panza

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog timba.

Noun

timba f (plural timbas)

  1. (Philippines) bucket; pail (especially one used to fetch water from an open well)
    Synonym: balde

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba. Compare Ibaloi timba, Waray-Waray timba, and Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (timba).

Pronunciation

Noun

timbâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

  1. bucket; pail (especially one used to fetch water from an open well)
    Synonyms: balde, (Rizal) sintang
  2. act of fetching water from an open well (using a bucket or pail)
    Synonym: pagtimba
  3. (figurative) acquirement of big amount of money (from a small investment)
    Synonyms: tipak, pagtipak

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “timba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun

timbâ

  1. bucket; pail
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