limpa

From Swedish limpa (“loaf [of bread]”).

limpa (uncountable)

1. Swedish-style rye bread made with molasses.

   Synonyms: limpa bread, Swedish limpa bread

• -pamil, milpa

limpa

1. inflection of limpar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

limpa f sg

1. feminine singular of limpo

From Portuguese limpar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu limpa.

limpa

1. to wipe
2. to clean

Inherited from Malay ليمڤا (limpa, “spleen”). Cognate with Javanese ꦭꦶꦩ꧀ꦥ (limpa).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪmpa]
• Hyphenation: lim‧pa
• Rhymes: -pa

limpa (plural limpa-limpa)

1. (anatomy) spleen, in vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes

   Synonyms: kura, lien

The word is often confused with limfa (“lymph”).

• limfa (“lymph”)

• “limpa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Portuguese limpar.

limpa

1. to wipe
2. to clean

• Rhymes: -pa

limpa (Jawi spelling ليمڤا, plural limpa-limpa)

1. (anatomy) spleen

• “limpa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

limpa

1. inflection of limpar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

limpa

1. feminine singular of limpo

limpa

1. feminine singular of limpo

Akin to English lump and its ultimate source.

limpa c

2. a loaf of bread

   Synonym: brödlimpa

   skära upp en limpa bröd

   cut up a loaf of bread

3. a carton (of cigarettes)
4. (nonstandard) a roll (of snus)

   Synonym: stock

• köttfärslimpa (“meatloaf”)

• brödskiva (“slice of bread”)
• skalk (“heel”)
• skorpa (“crust”)

• limpa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• limpa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• limpa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from Malay limpa. Compare Javanese ꦭꦶꦩ꧀ꦥ (limpa).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /limˈpaʔ/ [lɪmˈpaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: lim‧pa

limpâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ) (anatomy)

1. spleen

   Synonyms: pali, baso, lapay

Borrowed from Spanish linfa, from Latin lympha (“(clear) water”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē). Doublet of nimpa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlimpa/ [ˈlim.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -impa
• Syllabification: lim‧pa

limpa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ) (physiology)

1. lymph

• “limpa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 368