lima

lima

2. Alternative letter-case form of Lima of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

Ellipsis of lima bean.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪmə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪmə

lima (plural limas)

2. Lima bean (the plant, Phaseolus lunatus).

   We planted limas with the corn last night.

4. Lima bean (the fruit of the plant).

   We had limas with dinner last night.

lima (plural limas)

2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Lima from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

• Alim, Liam, Mali, Mila, alim, mail, mali

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /liˈma/ [liˈma]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: li‧ma

limá

1. five

   Synonym: singko

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limá

1. five

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Amis cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima     Ordinal : sakalima

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limá

1. five

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /limə/

lima (Balinese script ᬮᬶᬫ)

1. five

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lima”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Banjarese cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima

From Proto-Malayic *lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[2], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lima”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

lima

1. five

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

• IPA^(key): /lima/ [li.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima, -a
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

Borrowed from Spanish lima.

lima inan

1. file (tool)

   Synonym: karraka

Borrowed from Spanish lima.

lima inan

1. lime (fruit)

• “lima”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “lima”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Brunei Malay cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima

From Proto-Malayic *lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /lima/
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

lima

1. five

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[3], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lima”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Bulungan numbers ^(edit)

	50
←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: lima     Ordinal: kelima

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlima/

lima

1. five

• Adul, M. Asfandi (1985), “lima”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎^[4], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limá

1. five

Cebuano numbers ^(edit)

	50[a], [b]
←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: limá     Spanish cardinal: singko     Ordinal: ikalimá     Adverbial: makalimá     Distributive: lima-líma, taglíma     Fractional: sikalimá

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /liˈma/ [l̪ɪˈma]
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

limá (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒᜋ)

1. five

   Synonym: singko

   • 2018 — Gitextgitext (24 January), Bisaya, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation

     Pari: Dugangi og lima kay magbiko ta!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Central Bikol numbers ^(edit)

	50[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  4	5	6  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: lima, singko     Ordinal: ikalima

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /liˈma/ [l̪iˈma]
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

limá (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜋ)

1. five

   Synonym: singko

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limá

1. five

Central Melanau cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Chamorro cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima

From Pre-Chamorro *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. (Old Chamorro) five (in general)

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɽi.ma/

-lima (infinitive kulíma)

1. to cultivate
2. to grow
3. to hoe
4. to till, to prepare the land.
5. to garden
6. to farm
7. to dig

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -limira
  • Causative: -limitsa
  • Negative: -salima
  • Passive: -limidwa
  • Repetitive: -limanso
  • Stative: -limika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mlimi (“farmer”)
  • ulimi (“farming”)

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[5], Oxford University Press, page 261

From Proto-Celebic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima (Hangul spelling 을리마)

1. five

lima (Hangul spelling 을리마)

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

líma

1. five

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lima”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

limo +‎ -a

• IPA^(key): /ˈlima/
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: li‧ma

lima (accusative singular liman, plural limaj, accusative plural limajn)

1. bordering, neighbouring, border
   • 2006, Mu Binghua, “Pezaj enlandaj ŝarĝoj por la registaro”, in Monato‎^[6]:

     Ĉar pro la malbonaj vivkondiĉoj fakte la plimulto de la ordinaraj ĉinoj troviĝas sur la lima punkto inter sano kaj malsano.

     In fact, due to the poor living conditions, the majority of ordinary Chinese people find themselves on the border point between health and disease.

• “lima”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “lima”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

lima

1. indefinite genitive plural of limur

Fijian numbers ^(edit)

	50
←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: lima

From Proto-Central-Pacific *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “lima”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[7], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 186

From Proto-Finnic *lima, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *slīmą.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimɑ/, [ˈlimɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -imɑ
• Syllabification^(key): li‧ma
• Hyphenation^(key): li‧ma

lima

1. mucus (slippery secretion from mucous membranes)
2. phlegm (viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing)
3. (historical) phlegm (one of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus)
4. slime (any viscous liquid matter)
5. slime (mucus-like substance that exudes from the bodies of some animals, e.g. snails and slugs)

• räkä
• liima

• “lima”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[8] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• Ilma, Mali, Mila, ilma, mali

• IPA^(key): /li.ma/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Homophones: Lima, limât, Limat

lima

1. third-person singular past historic of limer

• mail

From Andalusian Arabic لِيمَة, from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn, “lemon, lime”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimɐ]

lima f (plural limas)

1. lime (fruit)

• limeira

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin līma (“file”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimɐ]

lima f (plural limas)

1. file, rasp
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 271:

     cõmo faz a lyma ao ferro, et a fornaz ao ouro que o purga et esmera et o faz puro et paresçe mellor, et cõmo faz outrosi o máále áá messe que a degrana em çeueyra et parte a palla do graão que e o mellor

     as the file does to iron, and the furnace to gold, that purges and cleans it and makes it pure and looks better; and also as the flail does to the harvest, that threshes it into sustenance and parts the straw and the grain, which is the best part

2. (construction) hip rafter

• limar

lima

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lyma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lima”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lima”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lima”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lima”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

lima

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌹𐌼𐌰

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlima/ [ˈli.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: li‧ma

lima (Hanunoo spelling ᜮᜲᜫ)

1. five

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 167

Hawaiian numbers ^(edit)

←  4	5	6  →
Base form: lima     Cardinal: ʻelima     Ordinal: lima     Distributive: pālima     Fractional: hapalima

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Polynesian *lima (cognate with Māori rima), from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima (cognate with Malay lima), from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ma/, [ˈli.mə]

lima

1. five
2. fifth

lima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

Hiligaynon numbers ^(edit)

	50
←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: lima     Ordinal: ikalima

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /liˈma/

limá

1. five

Borrowed from Spanish lima.

líma

1. lime fruit or tree (citrus)

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

líma

1. (anatomy) hand

limá

1. to handle

Iban cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima     Ordinal : kelima

From Proto-Malayic *lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Ibanag cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

limá

1. five

lima

1. indefinite genitive plural of limur

• IPA^(key): /ˈlima/ [ˈli.ma]
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

lima

1. five

   Synonym: singko

Indonesian cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima

• ma (clipping, colloquial)

From Malay lima, from Proto-Malayic *lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlima/ [ˈli.ma]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: li‧ma

lima

1. five

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[9], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lima”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• “lima”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limá

1. five

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *lima

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limá

1. five

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ma/
• Rhymes: -ima
• Hyphenation: lì‧ma

• Audio:

  (file)

From Latin līma.

lima f (plural lime)

1. file (cutting or smoothing tool)

• lima da unghie (“nail file”)
• limola

Of Istrian origin.

lima f (plural lime)

1. (fishing) a reinforced line at both ends of a dragnet

Borrowed from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Persian لیمو (līmū).

lima f (plural lime)

1. Key lime (Citrus aurantiifolia)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lima

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

• lima¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• lima² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• lima³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Mali, almi, mail, mali, mila

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limá

1. five

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

lima

1. romanization of ꦭꦶꦩ

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

lima

1. five

Kankanaey numbers ^(edit)

←  3	5	6  →
Cardinal: lima     Ordinal: maika-lima     Adverbial: pinlima     Harvest: ësa'y tan-ay     Restrictive: limlima

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /liˈma/ [liˈma]
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /riˈma/ [riˈma]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: li‧ma

limá

1. five

Kapampangan cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima     Ordinal : kalima

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimə/ [ˈliː.mə]

líma

1. five

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

Kinaray-a cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima     Ordinal : ikalima

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /liˈma/, [liˈma]

limá

1. five

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognates include Latin limus, English slime, German Schleim (“mucus, slime”) and Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.ma]

līma f (genitive līmae); first declension

1. file (carpenter's tool)
2. polishing, revision (of a literary composition)

First-declension noun.

• līmō

• “lima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lima”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "lima", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• "lima", in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "lima" in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• "lima", in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ˈlima/ [ˈɭi.mʌ]
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: li‧ma

lima

1. five

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlima]

lima (Lontara spelling ᨒᨗᨆ)

1. five

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(qa)lima, from Proto-Austronesian *(qa)lima.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlima]

lima (Lontara spelling ᨒᨗᨆ)

1. (anatomy) hand

Malay cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima

• limă (obsolete, 1924-1972)

From Proto-Malayic *lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima. Sense of hand almost completely displaced by tangan minus a few affixed or compound words.^[1][2]

• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈlima/ [ˈli.ma]
• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /ˈlimə/ [ˈli.mə]
• Rhymes: -ima

• Audio (Malaysia, Standard Southern Peninsula):

  (file)

lima (Jawi spelling ليم)

1. (cardinal number) five

   Synonym: panca

lima (Jawi spelling ليم, plural lima-lima or lima²)

1. (archaic, obsolete) hand

   Synonym: tangan

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lima”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• “lima”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
• "lima" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ليم lima”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 629
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “lima”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 58

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima.

lima

1. five

lima

1. obsolete spelling of rima

lima

1. five

Maranao numbers ^(edit)

←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: lima

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

• golima
• pelima

lima

1. five

• ikalima (“fifth”)
• kalima'an
• limalima

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[10] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limá

1. five

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limá

1. five

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Niuean cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

lima

1. hand
2. arm

• Mark Donohue (1999), A Grammar of Tukang Besi, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 541

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /liˈma/

limá

1. five

• limene (noun)
• limet (verb)
• limte (verb, simple past)
• limt (verb, past participle)

lima n pl

1. definite plural of lim

lima

1. simple past of lime
2. past participle of lime

lima n pl

1. definite plural of lim

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.mɑ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.mɑ/

lima

1. genitive plural of lim

līma

1. genitive plural of līm

lima

1. five

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

limá

1. five

• Benton, Richard A. (1971), Howard P. McKaughan, editor, Pangasinan Dictionary (PALI Language Texts—Philippines)‎^[11] (overall work in Pangasinan and English), University of Hawai'i Press, →DOI, →ISBN

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

-lima

1. to farm, cultivate
2. to plough

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Spanish lima, from Andalusian Arabic لِيمَة (lima), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn, “lemon, lime”), from Persian لیمو (lēmō, līmū).

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ma/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: li‧ma

lima f

1. lime (citrus tree)

   Synonyms: limeta, limonka

2. lime (green citrus fruit)

• “lima”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[12] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “lima”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[13] (in Polish)

Ponosakan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lima

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima. Compare Tagalog lima, Malay lima, Cebuano lima, Ilocano lima.

lima

1. five

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

• Homophone: Lima
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn, “lemon, lime”).

lima f (plural limas)

1. lime (fruit)
   • 2015, Neil Gaiman, Os filhos de Anansi, Editora Intrinseca, →ISBN, page 6:

     Cumprimentou-as tocando a aba do chapéu — pois ele usava chapéu, um fedora verde imaculado, além de luvas cor de lima —, e em seguida caminhou até a mesa onde estavam as mulheres, que deram risada.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Borrowed from Latin līma.

lima f (plural limas)

1. file (tool to smoothen a surface)

   Synonym: lixa

• Kadiwéu: liima

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lima

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

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-bebê / azul-bebé, azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

• “lima”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lima”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Pukapukan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lima     Ordinal : lima

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five
2. fifth

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Rotuman numbers ^(edit)

←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: lima

From Proto-Central Pacific *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima. Cognate with Fijian lima.

lima (construct form liam)

1. five

• Churchward, C.M. (1940), “lima”, in Rotuman Grammar and Dictionary‎^[14], Sydney, Australia: Methodist Church of Australasia, →ISBN, page 251

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /li.ˈma/, [li.ˈma]

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

lima

1. five

Samoan cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Borrowed from Italian lima, from Latin līma.

• IPA^(key): /lîma/
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

lȉma f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏ма)

1. (regional) file (tool)

• “lima”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

From Proto-Polynesian *lima.

lima

1. five

• IPA^(key): /ˈlima/ [ˈli.ma]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: li‧ma

From Andalusian Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn, “lemon, lime”).

lima f (plural limas)

1. lime (fruit)

   Synonym: limón (Mexico)

2. (Mexico, South America) sweet lime (fruit)
3. (dialectal) lemon (fruit)

   Synonym: citrón

From Latin līma.

lima f (plural limas)

1. file (tool to smoothen a surface)

   Synonyms: limatón, (archaic) limador, escofina, mediacaña

lima

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

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

• “Why asking for a lime isn't so easy in Spanish-speaking countries”

• “lima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sundanese numbers ^(edit)

←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: lima     Ordinal: kalima

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima (Sundanese script ᮜᮤᮙ)

1. five

Surigaonon cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima     Ordinal : ikalima

From Proto-Bisayan *lima, from Proto-Central Philippine *lima, from Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima. Cognate with Cebuano lima and Tausug lima.

lima

1. five

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-lima (infinitive kulima)

1. to cultivate, to farm
2. to plough

Conjugation of -lima
Positive present -nalima Subjunctive -lime Negative -limi Imperative singular lima
Infinitives
Positive kulima Negative kutolima
Imperatives
Singular lima Plural limeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulima Positive past positive subject concord + -lilima Negative past negative subject concord + -kulima
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalima) Singular Plural 1st person ninalima/nalima tunalima 2nd person unalima mnalima 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analima wanalima other classes positive subject concord + -nalima
Negative present (negative subject concord + -limi) Singular Plural 1st person silimi hatulimi 2nd person hulimi hamlimi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halimi hawalimi other classes negative subject concord + -limi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talima Negative future negative subject concord + -talima
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lime) Singular Plural 1st person nilime tulime 2nd person ulime mlime 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alime walime other classes positive subject concord + -lime
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silime Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelima Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelima Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilima Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilima
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alima) Singular Plural 1st person nalima twalima 2nd person walima mwalima 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alima walima m-mi(III/IV) walima yalima ji-ma(V/VI) lalima yalima ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalima vyalima n(IX/X) yalima zalima u(XI) walima see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalima pa(XVI) palima mu(XVIII) mwalima
Perfect positive subject concord + -melima "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalima "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalima "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilima "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolima Consecutive kalima / positive subject concord + -kalima Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalime
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nilima -tulima 2nd person -kulima -walima/-kulimeni/-walimeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlima -walima m-mi(III/IV) -ulima -ilima ji-ma(V/VI) -lilima -yalima ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilima -vilima n(IX/X) -ilima -zilima u(XI) -ulima see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kulima pa(XVI) -palima mu(XVIII) -mulima Reflexive -jilima
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lima- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -limaye -limao m-mi(III/IV) -limao -limayo ji-ma(V/VI) -limalo -limayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -limacho -limavyo n(IX/X) -limayo -limazo u(XI) -limao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -limako pa(XVI) -limapo mu(XVIII) -limamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lima) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelima -olima m-mi(III/IV) -olima -yolima ji-ma(V/VI) -lolima -yolima ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholima -vyolima n(IX/X) -yolima -zolima u(XI) -olima see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolima pa(XVI) -polima mu(XVIII) -molima
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Nominal derivations:
  • kilimo (“agriculture”)
  • mkulima (“farmer”)
  • mlimaji (“farmer”)

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

-lima

1. to plough

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

	50
←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: lima     Spanish cardinal: singko     Ordinal: ikalima, panlima     Spanish ordinal: kinto, kinta     Ordinal abbreviation: ika-5, pang-5     Adverbial: makalima     Multiplier: limang ibayo     Distributive: tiglima, limahan, lima-lima     Restrictive: lilima     Fractional: kalima, sangkalima, ikalima, saikalima
Tagalog Wikipedia article on 5

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈma/ [lɪˈma]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: li‧ma

limá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ)

1. five

   Synonym: singko

• To describe the quantity of something, the number is placed before the noun and affixed with -ng enclitic suffix when the word ends with a vowel, and a separate preposition, na, for a consonant.

  Isang saging, dalawang pinya

  One banana, two pineapples

  Apat na mansanas, anim na mangga

  Four apples, six mangos

• Mali, amil, mali, ilam

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /lima/ [lɪˈma]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: li‧ma

lima (Sulat Sūg spelling لِمَ)

1. (anatomy) hand

lima (Sulat Sūg spelling لِمَ)

1. five

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

• “lima”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

• Lichtenberk, František (2008), A grammar of Toqabaqita, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [ˈli.ma]
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

Tokelauan cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : lima

From Proto-Polynesian *lima. Cognates include Hawaiian lima and Samoan lima.

lima

1. (stative) to be five

From Proto-Polynesian *lima. Cognates include Hawaiian lima and Samoan lima.

lima

1. (anatomy) arm, hand

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[15], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 185

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

lima

(anatomy)

1. hand
2. arm
3. foreleg

• Mosel, Ulrike (1980), Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[16], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

• IPA^(key): /líma/

-lima (infinitive okulima) (ambitransitive)

1. to cultivate
2. to dig

   Near-synonyms: -timba, -haiga

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -limira
  • Long causative: -limisa
  • Passive: -limwa

• Nominal derivations:
  • obulimi (“agriculture”)
  • omulimi (“farmer, digger”)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[17], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 272–273, 295–296
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[18], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 332

Tuvaluan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lima

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /lima/

lima

1. five

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 368

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

lima

1. to cultivate

• mulimi

From Proto-Finnic *lima.

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlimɑ/, [ˈlimɑ]
• Rhymes: -imɑ
• Hyphenation: li‧ma

lima

1. slime, mucus

Declension of lima (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lima	limad
genitive	lima	limojõ
partitive	limma	limoit
illative	limasõ, limma	limoisõ
inessive	limaz	limoiz
elative	limass	limoiss
allative	limallõ	limoillõ
adessive	limall	limoill
ablative	limalt	limoilt
translative	limassi	limoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “lima”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[19], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Waray-Waray cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lima     Ordinal : ikalima

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

• IPA^(key): /liˈma/

limá

1. five

From Proto-Micronesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. five

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

-lima

1. to farm, cultivate
2. to plough

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

lima

1. five

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limá

1. five

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

-lima

1. to farm, cultivate
2. to plough

• -limisa

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “lima”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lima (6.3)”