different between imma vs limma

English

Contraction

imma

1. Alternative form of Imma

Anagrams

• Mami, imam, maim, mami

Gothic

Romanization

imma

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?amm?, “as for, as regards, but”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.ma/

Conjunction

imma

1. but

   Synonyms: i?da, (latter colloquial) però

Old Irish

Etymology

From imm (“around”).

Particle

imma (triggers eclipsis)

1. reciprocal verbal particle followed by dependent form of verb: each other

   ?imma (“each other”) + ?ad·ciat (“they look”) ? ?imma·aiccet (“they look at each other”) (forms of ad·cí (“to see”))

Swedish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

imma c

1. steam, vapour
2. condensation, misting (on windows etc)

Declension

Related terms

• immig

Anagrams

• imam, mima

English

Alternative forms

• leimma

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin limma

Noun

limma (plural limmas)

1. (music) Any of several small musical intervals, such as the semitone

Anagrams

• MAMIL, Mamil, Milam

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limma

1. five

Noun

limma

1. (anatomy) hand
2. (anatomy) finger
3. (by extension, historical, figuratively) 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 ?ei (“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 ?????? (leîmma).

Noun

limma n (genitive limmatis); third declension

1. a semitone

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

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