timba

Borrowed from Spanish timba.

timba (uncountable)

1. A Cuban salsa-derived style of music.
   • 2009 January 30, Ben Ratliff, “Salsa, Timba and a Dance-Happy String Quartet”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Grau’s band doesn’t play classicized salsa and timba.

• BTAIM, ambit, imbat

From a pre-Roman root *timpa. Compare Italian timpa.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtim.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtim.ba]

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timba f (plural timbes)

1. precipice

   Synonym: precipici

2. gambling house

   Synonym: casa de joc

3. (colloquial) a game of cards where money is wagered

• estimbar

• “timba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timba

1. bucket

From Malay timba, from Classical Malay تيمبا (timba), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪im.ba]
• Hyphenation: tim‧ba

timba (plural timba-timba)

1. bailer; dipper

   Synonyms: cedok, pencedok, gayung

2. bucket; pail

   Synonyms: ember, baldi, sauk

• “timba”, 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 Old Javanese timba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timba

1. bucket

   Synonym: èmbèr

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “timba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimba/ [ˈti̞m.bʌ]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: tim‧ba

timba

1. bucket

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timba

1. bucket

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

• IPA^(key): /tim.ba/
• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪im.ba], [ˈt̪im.bə]
• Rhymes: -ba, -a, -bə, -ə

timba (Jawi spelling تيمبا, plural timba-timba or timba²)

1. bailer; dipper; hand bucket

   Synonyms: gayung, cebok, limas

• Indonesian: timba

• "timba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timba

1. bucket for drawing water from a well

• Javanese: timba

• "timba" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

timba f (plural timbas)

1. (Angola, Mozambique) aardvark (Orycteropus afer, a mammal)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orictéropo

• “timba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimba/ [ˈt̪ĩm.ba]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: tim‧ba

timba f (plural timbas)

1. timba (Cuban salsa-derived music)
2. a gambling match, an instance of playing a game of chance
3. an unofficial or illegal gambling establishment or casino
4. (colloquial, Mexico, Central America) belly

   Synonym: panza

Borrowed from Tagalog timba.

timba f (plural timbas)

1. (Philippines) bucket; pail (especially one used to fetch water from an open well)

   Synonym: balde

• “timba”, 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
• “timba”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 123

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba. Compare Ibaloi timba, Waray-Waray timba, and Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (timba).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /timˈbaʔ/ [t̪ɪmˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: tim‧ba

timbâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. bucket; pail (especially one used to fetch water from an open well)

   Synonyms: balde, (Rizal) sintang

2. act of fetching water from an open well (using a bucket or pail)

   Synonym: pagtimba

3. (figurative) acquirement of big amount of money (from a small investment)

   Synonyms: tipak, pagtipak

• → Spanish: timba

• “timba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timbâ

1. bucket; pail