limma

See also: Limma

English

Borrowed from Latin limma.

limma (plural limmas)

(music) Any of several small musical intervals, such as the semitone. Most commonly referrs to the diatonic semitone or minor second, which has a ratio of approximately 16/15 or 27/25 in meantone temperaments or 256/243 in Pythagorean tuning.

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(anatomy) hand
(anatomy) finger
(by extension, historical, figurative) a traditional Laboyan system of social ranking consisting of five strata, each of which is named after a finger.

ata madaka (“big men, i.e. free men”)
- ata ɓei (“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”)

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεῖμμα (leîmma).

limma n (genitive limmatis); third declension

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

“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.

lim (“glue”) +‎ -a

limma (present limmar, preterite limmade, supine limmat, imperative limma)

to glue
limma ihop bitar
glue pieces together

limma fast gipsskivor på väggen
glue plasterboards to the wall
(slang, transitively with på) to hit on (someone (remaining focused on and/or near them ("glued to them")))
limma på någon
hit on ("glue on") someone

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.