limba

See also: limbă, and limbã

English

A limba tree

Etymology

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Noun

limba (plural limbas)

1. A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.
   • 1965, Theodore Geiger, editor, Agrifor and U.S. Plywood in the Congo, Issue 12, page 50:

     This was the wood of the limba tree — a native of the Mayumbe forest — from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, high-quality veneer for plywood and other uses.

   • 1991, Ján Borota, tropical forests: some African and Asian case studies of composition and structure, Elsevier, page 101:

     Limba occurred in blocks a, c and d and varied from 0.1 to 0.6 exploitable trees per hectare on average.

   • 1994, Richard C. Schultz, Joe P. Colletti, editors, Opportunities for Agroforestry in the Temperate Zone Worldwide: Proceedings of the Third North American Agroforestry Conference, page 242:

     Because of the decline of harvestable Limba trees in natural forests, a reforestation program was then undertaken by the government using local seed sources [5].

Synonyms

• (Terminalia superba): afara

Translations

Terminalia superba

• Akan: ɔfram
• Anyi: frake
• Baoule: tra
• Ewe: kɛgblale, afɔɖɔnkɔ, frangɔ
• French: fraké (fr) m, limba (fr) m
• Ga: ofram
• Japanese: リンバ (rinba), アファラ (afara)
• Nzima: frane
• Wasa: ɔfram
• Yombe: ndimba
• Yoruba: afàrà

References

• Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press, page 135

Anagrams

• mbila, milab

Aromanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimba]

Noun

limba f

1. definite singular nominative of limbã
2. definite singular accusative of limbã

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lim‧ba

Noun

limba

1. the color pink

Adjective

limba

1. having a pink colour

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪmba]

Noun

limba f

1. Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra)

Declension

Declension of limba (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	limba	limby
genitive	limby	limeb
dative	limbě	limbám
accusative	limbu	limby
vocative	limbo	limby
locative	limbě	limbách
instrumental	limbou	limbami

Further reading

• “limba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “limba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Lingala

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Bantu *dímb (“forget”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli˩.ᵐba˩/

Verb

-limba (infinitive kolimba)

1. (rare) forget
2. (rare) mistake, be mistaken

Derived terms

• limbisa
• limbola

 

References

• “limba” in Dictionnaire lingala-français

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German līm-boum, līm-bām, līn-boum, līn-bām.

Noun

limba f

1. Swiss pine (Pinus cembra)

Declension

Declension of limba

	singular	plural
nominative	limba	limby
genitive	limby	limb
dative	limbie	limbom
accusative	limbę	limby
instrumental	limbą	limbami
locative	limbie	limbach
vocative	limbo	limby

Further reading

• limba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• limba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Alternative forms

• лимба (limba) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimba]

Noun

limba f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of limbă

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• limma, linga
• lingua (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin lingua. For the change /ɡʷ/ > /b/, compare Romanian limbă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimba/

Noun

limba f (plural limbas)

1. tongue

   M’apo mossigadu sa limba ― I bit my own tongue

2. language

   Synonyms: faeddu, faedhónzu, faedhóngiu, faedhada, prallata

   limba sarda ― Sardinian language

3. speech (faculty of speaking)

   Synonyms: faeddu, paràula

   perdere sa limba ― to be left speechless (literally, “to lose the tongue”)

Derived terms

• limbazu, limbàgiu
• limbatza

Spanish

Noun

limba f (plural limbas)

1. limba

Noun

limba m or f by sense (plural limbas)

1. Limba

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From Malay lembah.

Noun

limba

1. valley

Etymology 2

From Malay rimba.

Noun

limba

1. jungle