kima

See also: kīma and kimą

Balinese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima.

Noun

kima (Balinese script ᬓᬶᬫ)

  1. giant clam

Etymology 2

Noun

kima (Balinese script ᬓᬶᬫ)

  1. a type of seasoning used for cutlet fish or chicken

References

  • kima” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima. Doublet of kimo, borrowed from Javanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

kima (plural kima-kima)

  1. giant clam
  2. a large marine shell

Derived terms

  • kima gebang
  • kima kelereng

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kima

  1. romanization of ꦏꦶꦩ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (giant clam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkima/ [ˈki.ma]
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈkimä], [ˈkimə]
  • Rhymes: -ima, -ma, -a

Noun

kima (Jawi spelling کيما, plural kima-kima)

  1. giant clam

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kima

Further reading

Mapun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (giant clam). Cognate with Malay kima, Palauan kim (kind of clam).

Noun

kima

  1. giant clam

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²çiː.mɑ/

Verb

kima (present tense kimar, past tense kima, past participle kima, passive infinitive kimast, present participle kimande, imperative kima/kim)

  1. a-infinitive form of kime

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese queimar and Spanish quemar and Kabuverdianu kema.

Verb

kima

  1. to burn

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈki.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Syllabification: ki‧ma

Etymology 1

Deverbal from kimać.[1]

Noun

kima f

  1. (colloquial, chiefly in set phrases) nap, snore, shut-eye; sleep
    Synonym: drzemka
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kimme.[1]

Noun

kima f

  1. (obsolete, cooperage) groove carved in a plank in which the bottom or notch is mounted
  2. (obsolete, basketmaking) protruding rim of a basket underneath a notch on which a basket rests
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kima

  1. third-person singular present of kimać

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kima”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 338

Further reading

  • Maciej Czeszewski (2006) “kima”, in Monika Szewczyk, editor, Słownik polszczyzny potocznej, 1 edition, Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, →ISBN, page 132
  • kima in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • kima in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Swahili

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قِيمة (qīma).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈki.mɑ/
  • (unadapted from Arabic) IPA(key): /ˈqi.mɑ/

Noun

kima class VII (plural vima class VIII)

  1. extent, measure, value, amount, price

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254 Nr. 2360

Etymology 2

From Hindi क़ीमा (qīmā)/Urdu قیمہ (qīma), from Persian قیمه (qime), ultimately from Turkic, perhaps Ottoman Turkish قیمه (kıyma).

Noun

kima class VII (plural vima class VIII)

  1. keema, a type of mincemeat

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *nkɪ́mà.

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈki.mɑ/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

kima class VII (plural vima class VIII)

  1. blue monkey
  2. any monkey in general

See also

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (giant clam). Cognate with Malay kima, Palauan kim (kind of clam).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /kiˈmaʔ/ [kɪˈmaʔ]
      • Rhymes: -aʔ
    • IPA(key): /ˈkimaʔ/ [ˈkiː.mɐʔ] (obsolete)
  • Syllabification: ki‧ma

Noun

kimâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋ)

  1. large shellfish

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kiˈma/ [kɪˈma]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ki‧ma

Adjective

kimá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋ)

  1. held between the palms of both hands
Derived terms
  • kimahin
  • kumima
See also

Further reading

  • kima”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

Volapük

Pronoun

kima

  1. whose (genitive)