limba

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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].

• (Terminalia superba): afara

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

• mbila, milab

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimba]

limba f

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

• Hyphenation: lim‧ba

limba

1. the color pink

limba

1. having a pink colour

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪmba]

limba f

1. Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈli˩.ᵐba˩/

-limba (infinitive kolimba)

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

• “limba” in Dictionnaire lingala-français

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlim.ba/

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• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: lim‧ba

limba f

1. Swiss pine (Pinus cembra)

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

• лимба (limba) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimba]

limba f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of limbă

• limma, linga
• lingua (Campidanese)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimba/

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”)

• limbazu, limbàgiu
• limbatza

limba f (plural limbas)

1. limba

limba m or f by sense (plural limbas)

1. Limba

From Malay lembah.

limba

1. valley

From Malay rimba.

limba

1. jungle